Fellatio as a ritual offering

Room 5, Vitrine 32

• In ancient Peru, scenes depicting fellatio are associated with ritual offerings intended to propitiate the fertility of the earth.
• This pair of articulated wooden dolls represent a man and woman, both wearing face paint. They are engaged in an act of fellatio.
• Chancay culture, Imperial Epoch (1300 AD – 1532 AD), ML400924, ML400925.