Salinar female body

Room 3, Vitrine 11

• In the early art of the cultures of Peru’s northern coast, men and women are depicted similarly, and in some cases they can only be distinguished by their genitalia, when depicted nude. These Salinar culture bottles show a female individual in a range of positions, and in all cases her breasts and vulva are emphasized.
• Salinar culture, Formative Epoch (1250 BC – 1 AD), ML004436, ML004438, ML004440, ML004442.

ML004442

ML004442