Title
A figure of a seated prisoner with bound hands and a rope around his neck, possibly a sacrificial victim
Caption
A figure of a seated prisoner with bound hands and a rope around his neck, possibly a sacrificial victim, The carving itself may have been sacrificed for fertility reasons as it was discovered buried beneath centuries of guano deposits on Manahi Island, a Mochican sacred site. Peru. Mochica. 0 700 AD. North coast of Peru.
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A30_296
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
35,4Mb (2,0Mb) / 10,0in x 13,8in / 2994 x 4134 (300dpi)