Chancay Wooden Effigy of a Standing Figure, 1000 CE - 1300 CE
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Radiating a primitive magic, this wooden effigy suggests a ritual not unlike voodoo. Larger versions of the implements were used in actual surgery in Ancient Peru. The cuts or depressions...
Radiating a primitive magic, this wooden effigy suggests a ritual not unlike voodoo. Larger versions of the implements were used in actual surgery in Ancient Peru. The cuts or depressions by the face and groin may be indicative of blood sacrifice, or the cutting away of evil spirits. Even in a world that does not credit such superstitions, the effect created by this figure is felt somewhere deep within the soul.