A strong moral tone runs through Moche art, reflecting the darker realities of life and death. This powerful vessel depicts three corpses, a male and two females, seated together in friendly embrace. Though their flesh is decomposing and their bodies are skeletal, their sexual organs are prominently displayed, a macabre menage-a-trois. The implication, as in any 'Memento Mori,' is clearly that death overtakes all sensual pleasures in the end. We recognize in this hypnotic sculpture a Universal, inescapable truth that binds all people together. Its message speaks all boudaries of time and culture.