Scenes of fellatio
Room 5, Vitrine 36
• In this scene depicting ritual fellatio, the woman exhibits the features that characterize the archetypal female represented by Pachamama, or Mother Earth, and she is modeled on a larger scale than the man in the scene. Her hair is braided and she is wearing tubular ear adornments, a breastplate, wristbands, and a tunic with geometric designs. She is kneeling before the man, who is wearing the type of turban associated with priests, a breastplate, tunic and loincloth.
• The head of this woman who receives the seminal fluid that will be offered to the earth was depicted in “cancheros”, the clay vessels used to toast corn. The opening of this vessel is formed by the woman’s mouth.
• Moche culture, Florescent Epoch (1 AD – 800 AD), ML004284, ML000228, ML006254.
ML004284