﻿Vol. 
  2] 
  CULTUKE 
  OF 
  N. 
  COAST 
  OF 
  PERU 
  — 
  LARCO 
  HOYLE 
  171 
  

  

  (trumpets 
  made 
  of 
  Strombus 
  galeatus), 
  and 
  whistles. 
  They 
  had 
  casca- 
  

   bels 
  and 
  jingles 
  of 
  silver, 
  copper, 
  or 
  pottery, 
  and 
  maicheles 
  (seeds 
  

   that 
  when 
  rattled 
  make 
  a 
  strident 
  sound) 
  for 
  noise 
  or 
  music. 
  These 
  

   various 
  instruments 
  were 
  used 
  to 
  accompany 
  single 
  or 
  group 
  singers. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  the 
  panpipes 
  seem 
  to 
  indicate 
  a 
  seven-note 
  scale 
  and 
  knowl- 
  

   edge 
  of 
  semitones. 
  

  

  Narcotics.— 
  Coca 
  was 
  reserved 
  only 
  for 
  the 
  great 
  chiefs 
  and 
  persons 
  

   of 
  high 
  rank. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  representations 
  of 
  women 
  taking 
  coca. 
  

   As 
  today, 
  coca 
  was 
  chewed 
  in 
  quids 
  carried 
  in 
  the 
  cheek. 
  Lime, 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  in 
  a 
  little 
  gourd 
  and 
  mixed 
  with 
  coca 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  long 
  pointed 
  

   needle, 
  was 
  used 
  to 
  release 
  the 
  stimulating 
  alkaloid 
  from 
  the 
  coca. 
  

  

  EELIGION 
  

  

  Mochica 
  religion 
  centers 
  around 
  feline 
  symbolism, 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  rea- 
  

   sonable 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  in 
  this 
  period 
  we 
  have, 
  with 
  a 
  new 
  elaboration 
  

   arid 
  sophistication 
  of 
  animal 
  worship, 
  a 
  continuation 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  feline 
  

   deity 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Coast. 
  In 
  Mochica 
  art, 
  the 
  feline 
  deity 
  was 
  anthro- 
  

   pomorphized, 
  and 
  developed 
  into 
  a 
  Supreme 
  Divinity 
  (Ai 
  apaec), 
  

   shown 
  as 
  a 
  man 
  with 
  great 
  fangs, 
  a 
  wrinkled 
  face, 
  and 
  catlike 
  whiskers 
  

   spreading 
  from 
  the 
  nose. 
  The 
  Supreme 
  Divinity 
  ruled 
  the 
  destinies 
  

   of 
  the 
  world, 
  but 
  lived 
  like 
  people 
  and 
  could 
  reveal 
  himself 
  both 
  as 
  a 
  

   man 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  god. 
  That 
  he 
  is 
  a 
  human 
  embodiment 
  of 
  divinity 
  is 
  

   shown 
  by 
  vessels 
  with 
  four 
  faces, 
  on 
  which 
  human 
  and 
  feline 
  faces 
  are 
  

   back 
  to 
  back 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  cat 
  eyes 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Divinity. 
  

  

  Numerous 
  vessels 
  show 
  this 
  Divinity 
  receiving 
  sacrificed 
  human 
  

   beings 
  who 
  are 
  thrown 
  from 
  a 
  high 
  cliff. 
  The 
  Divinity 
  sits 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  

   of 
  the 
  cliff 
  receiving 
  the 
  blood 
  of 
  the 
  victim 
  as 
  a 
  precious 
  offering. 
  

   The 
  Supreme 
  Divinity 
  is 
  also 
  shown 
  as 
  an 
  agriculturist 
  (pi. 
  70, 
  6), 
  

   shelling 
  maize; 
  as 
  a 
  fisherman 
  (fig. 
  21, 
  a), 
  sailing 
  the 
  sea 
  in 
  a 
  "cab- 
  

   allito" 
  (small 
  balsa) 
  (pi. 
  70, 
  g); 
  as 
  a 
  doctor; 
  as 
  a 
  musician; 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  

   hunter. 
  He 
  is 
  also 
  pictured 
  holding 
  up 
  the 
  rainbow 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  

   two-headed 
  serpent, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  god 
  of 
  war 
  whose 
  intervention 
  is 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  for 
  victory. 
  He 
  furthers 
  human 
  propagation, 
  as 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  

   scenes 
  in 
  which, 
  in 
  the 
  moment 
  of 
  coitus, 
  two 
  of 
  his 
  aides, 
  anthropo- 
  

   morphized 
  birds, 
  prepare 
  a 
  concoction 
  which 
  is 
  poured 
  upon 
  the 
  geni- 
  

   tals. 
  The 
  Supreme 
  Divinity 
  also 
  takes 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  foods, 
  animals, 
  

   and 
  even 
  telluric 
  and 
  meteoric 
  elements. 
  As 
  a 
  personification 
  of 
  Good, 
  

   he 
  fights 
  the 
  demons 
  (fig. 
  22, 
  b, 
  c), 
  anthropomorphic 
  vampires 
  (pi. 
  70, 
  

   c), 
  crabs, 
  fish 
  (fig. 
  21, 
  b), 
  sea-demons, 
  a 
  strombus-shell 
  dragon, 
  a 
  

   demon 
  of 
  the 
  stones, 
  a 
  two-headed 
  dragon 
  with 
  one 
  head 
  set 
  in 
  the 
  

   tail, 
  and 
  a 
  serpent 
  with 
  ears. 
  In 
  these 
  fights 
  he 
  is 
  always 
  victorious. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  court 
  surrounding 
  the 
  Supreme 
  Divinity. 
  An 
  anthro- 
  

   pomorphic 
  lizard 
  is 
  the 
  servant; 
  a 
  dog 
  is 
  the 
  faithful 
  friend; 
  a 
  cormo- 
  

   rant 
  attends 
  the 
  Divinity 
  while 
  fishing, 
  propelling 
  the 
  balsas; 
  an 
  

   anthropomorphic 
  owl 
  is 
  a 
  medicine 
  man; 
  an 
  anthropomorphic 
  falcon 
  

  

  