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  CULTURE 
  OF 
  N. 
  COAST 
  OF 
  PERU 
  — 
  LARCO 
  HOYLE 
  

  

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  The 
  great 
  political 
  chiefs 
  were 
  also 
  high 
  priests, 
  and 
  judging 
  from 
  

   their 
  clothing 
  in 
  religious 
  scenes, 
  probably 
  formed 
  a 
  true 
  caste. 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  pottery 
  vessels 
  depicting 
  religious 
  scenes 
  or 
  

   beings 
  indicate 
  that 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  Mochica 
  people 
  was 
  strongly 
  inter- 
  

   woven 
  with 
  religious 
  beliefs 
  and 
  feelings, 
  based 
  on 
  nature 
  worship. 
  

  

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  Figure 
  22. 
  — 
  Mochica 
  fantasies 
  from 
  ceramic 
  paintings, 
  a, 
  Hummingbird 
  war- 
  

   rior, 
  symbolizing 
  bravery; 
  b, 
  Strombus 
  galeatus 
  demon; 
  c, 
  two-headed 
  demon. 
  

   (Courtesy 
  Rafael 
  Larco 
  Hoyle.) 
  

  

  