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Shoulder-bands; (6) Fish and bird attendants; and, (7) A 

 mouth similar in shape to those on the monolithic gateway. The 

 other variation has : ( i ) Fluted wings recalling both those found 

 in Proto-Chimu art and those found on the minor figures of the 

 monolithic gateway; (2) Five-digit hands reminiscent of those 

 on some of statues at Tiahuanaco and of Proto-Chimu art, 

 also; (3) Tears and tear-lines; (4) One staff; (5) A decora- 

 tion on the headdress suggestive of the "ribbon-and-stone-ring" 

 motif of the Weeping God both at Tiahuanaco and on the pot- 

 tery just reviewed. The colors in this tapestry are by far the 

 richest we have yet come across, and they are not likely to be 

 surpassed. They are yellow, light yellow-brown, dark yellow- 

 brown, red, pink, pale green, purpl^ black and white. The effect 

 is one of great richness, and also of a generally light tonality, 

 wherein, perhaps, we may see the influence of Proto-Chimu 

 art. To sum up our impressions of coast Tiahuanaco II art we 

 will say that it derives its minor motifs and its tendency toward 

 symmetry, or rather its marked indulgence in symmetry, directly 

 from Tiahuanaco which also provided most of the subject-matter. 

 The rich coloring, however, came from Proto-Nasca. 



Having now completed our survey of Tiahuanaco II art in 

 the Titicaca drainage and on the coast, we will examine its 

 manifestations in another part of the highlands. Before doing 

 so, however, we will mention in passing the fact that save for a 

 vestige here and there Tiahuanaco II art does not appear promi- 

 nently in the Cuzco region. One exception to this rule is a 

 pottery vessel adorned with an anthropomorphic puma having 

 four digits, fangs and tab-like head ornaments. Its provenance 

 is Cuzco, and it is shown by Seler.^^ 



It is the Tiahuanaco II art at Chavin de Huantar, however, 

 that claims the major part of our attention. 



The chief example of ancient art at Chavin is the famous 

 greater Chavin monolith. This wonderful piece of stone-carving 

 is in the Museo Nacional at Lima. It is about six feet long and 

 two broad.^^ Probably no other single artifact from Peru helps 

 more than this in the study of the relations between Proto- 



" Seler, 1893, Plate VII, Fig. 8. 



"The writer has seen and examined the original stone. Both Sir 

 Clements Markham and Mr. Joyce are mistaken in thinking the stone to 

 be twenty-five feet long. Markham, 1912, p. 34 ; Joyce, 1912, p. 176. 



