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Moche ancestors

Erotic Gallery


Florescent Epoch (1 AD – 800 AD)
ML004426 (Room E3, Vitrine 10), ML004199 (Room E5, Vitrine 42)

These clay bodies represent the mochica ancestor, inhabitant of the underworld, exhibiting his fertilizing power and the mother earth, or Pachamama, ready to be humidified and fertilized.