﻿Vol.2] 
  CULTURE 
  OF 
  N. 
  COAST 
  OF 
  PERU 
  — 
  LARCO 
  HOYLE 
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  ing 
  art 
  that 
  was 
  later 
  to 
  crystallize 
  in 
  the 
  Mochica 
  culture 
  with 
  its 
  

   expertly 
  drawn 
  red 
  and 
  white 
  designs. 
  4 
  

  

  Although 
  anthropomorphic 
  sculpturing 
  and 
  modeling 
  of 
  Salinar 
  

   pottery 
  have 
  not 
  attained 
  to 
  the 
  Mochica 
  level 
  of 
  style, 
  the 
  bird 
  fig- 
  

   ures, 
  animals, 
  plants, 
  and 
  houses 
  show 
  a 
  continued 
  advancement 
  

   in 
  technique. 
  In 
  the 
  human 
  figures, 
  as 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  representative 
  

   pottery 
  of 
  the 
  region, 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  is 
  subordinate 
  to 
  the 
  vessel 
  

   shape. 
  Because 
  of 
  this, 
  heads 
  are 
  out 
  of 
  proportion, 
  so 
  that 
  greater 
  

   capacity 
  can 
  be 
  gained 
  for 
  the 
  vessel. 
  In 
  making 
  the 
  features, 
  the 
  

   hair 
  is 
  done 
  with 
  incised 
  lines; 
  the 
  eyes 
  made 
  by 
  placing 
  a 
  dot 
  in 
  the 
  

   center 
  of 
  a 
  simple 
  incised 
  circle, 
  by 
  an 
  incised 
  diamond, 
  or 
  by 
  deeply 
  

   indenting 
  a 
  small 
  sphere 
  of 
  clay; 
  and 
  the 
  nose 
  is 
  usually 
  a 
  small 
  pro- 
  

   tuberance 
  with 
  holes 
  in 
  the 
  sides. 
  The 
  mouth 
  is 
  a 
  long 
  incision, 
  or 
  

   double 
  incision, 
  with 
  small 
  pieces 
  of 
  clay 
  inserted 
  or 
  with 
  indenta- 
  

   tions 
  to 
  serve 
  as 
  teeth. 
  The 
  ears 
  are 
  represented 
  as 
  very 
  large. 
  

   Breasts 
  and 
  genitalia 
  are 
  indicated 
  in 
  a 
  disproportionate 
  size. 
  Some 
  

   attempt 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  give 
  anatomical 
  proportions 
  to 
  the 
  lower 
  ex- 
  

   tremities; 
  but 
  the 
  arms 
  are 
  thin 
  and 
  poorly 
  made. 
  Fingers 
  are 
  very 
  

   crudely 
  executed 
  with 
  incisions. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  sculpturing 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  tendency 
  to 
  depart 
  from 
  naturalism 
  

   and 
  stylize 
  certain 
  features; 
  yet, 
  in 
  the 
  animals 
  and 
  birds 
  the 
  artist 
  

   undoubtedly 
  tried 
  to 
  capture 
  natural 
  qualities 
  and 
  attitudes. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  these 
  are: 
  cats, 
  monkeys, 
  rats, 
  owls, 
  parrots, 
  doves, 
  hummingbirds, 
  

   and 
  other 
  birds, 
  unidentified. 
  

  

  Plants 
  include 
  the 
  cactus, 
  lucuma, 
  and 
  pepino. 
  

  

  The 
  appearance 
  of 
  pornography 
  in 
  modeled 
  ceramics, 
  because 
  of 
  

   its 
  important 
  position 
  in 
  Mochica 
  art, 
  should 
  be 
  especially 
  noted. 
  

   The 
  scenes 
  depict 
  natural 
  coitus, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  perversion. 
  

  

  Carving 
  in 
  stone 
  and 
  bone. 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  bone 
  spatulas 
  (pi. 
  68, 
  top), 
  

   with 
  incised 
  designs 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  Cupisnique 
  carved 
  

   upon 
  them, 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  only 
  tie 
  to 
  the 
  outstanding 
  carving 
  of 
  the 
  

   earlier 
  period. 
  These 
  artifacts 
  do 
  not 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  perfection, 
  nor 
  

   do 
  they 
  treat 
  the 
  design 
  motifs 
  as 
  in 
  Cupisnique. 
  

  

  Sculptured 
  stone 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  Salinar. 
  

   Beads 
  of 
  turquoise, 
  and 
  other 
  stones, 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  simple 
  shapes 
  and 
  

   unadorned. 
  

  

  Textiles. 
  — 
  The 
  fragments 
  of 
  cloth 
  from 
  the 
  graves 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  

   disintegrated 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  tight 
  warp 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  textile 
  type 
  commonly 
  

   called 
  "lawn." 
  The 
  weave 
  is 
  simple 
  interlacing 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  strands, 
  

   which 
  are 
  well 
  twisted 
  and 
  uniform. 
  The 
  material 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  

   identified, 
  but 
  is 
  probably 
  wool 
  or 
  cotton. 
  

  

  Needles, 
  both 
  of 
  bone 
  and 
  of 
  wood, 
  were 
  presumably 
  used 
  in 
  sew- 
  

   ing 
  garments. 
  

  

  « 
  See 
  Bennett, 
  this 
  volume, 
  for 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  "White-on-red" 
  style, 
  pp. 
  92, 
  97. 
  

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