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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  

  

  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  is 
  the 
  shield 
  bearer; 
  and 
  an 
  anthropomorphic 
  marine 
  eagle 
  is 
  the 
  

   messenger 
  who 
  fetches 
  the 
  blood 
  of 
  the 
  sacrificed. 
  The 
  anthropo- 
  

   morphic 
  buzzards 
  and 
  falcons 
  attend 
  the 
  Divinity 
  when 
  he 
  returns 
  

   wounded 
  from 
  his 
  contests 
  with 
  the 
  demons. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  zoophytomorphic 
  figure, 
  which 
  presides 
  over 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  scenes 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Divinity 
  takes 
  part 
  and 
  which 
  symbolizes 
  

   the 
  union 
  of 
  water 
  with 
  plants. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  frog's 
  body 
  and 
  a 
  feline's 
  

   nose 
  and 
  extremities. 
  Yuca 
  and 
  lima 
  beans 
  grow 
  from 
  the 
  body. 
  

  

  Figure 
  21. 
  — 
  Mochica 
  scenes 
  from 
  ceramic 
  paintings, 
  a, 
  Aiapaec 
  fishing; 
  b, 
  

   anthropomorphic 
  fish 
  demon; 
  c, 
  Supreme 
  Divinity 
  reading 
  bean 
  ideographs. 
  

   (Courtesy 
  Rafael 
  Larco 
  Hoyle.) 
  

  

  