Visual database

Rollout drawing, Ponce stele. Drawing by C. M. Torres.

Detail, Ponce stele. Drawing by C. M. Torres.

Camelid fiber bag containing snuff tray, tube, spoon, and two leather pouches with snuff powder, ca. 780 ± 60, Tomb 112, Solcor 3, San Pedro de Atacama. Photo by Constantino M. Torres.

Bennett stele, 5.50 m (total length with base 7.30 m). Found in semi-subterranean plaza, Tiahuanaco. Photo by Constantino M. Torres.

Rollout drawing, Bennett stele (after Posnansky 1945:Figure 113a). Modified by Constantino M. Torres.

Detail, Bennett stele (after Posnansky 1945:Figure 113a). Modified by Constantino M. Torres.

Snuff trays with half-fist representation. (a) Tomb 3974, Coyo Oriente, 15.7 cm; (b) Niño Korin, 10.5 cm, collection 70.19.33, Varldskulturmuseet (Museum of World Culture), Gothenburg, Sweden; (c) unknown provenience, 14.8 cm, San Pedro de Atacama area. Photo by Constantino M. Torres.

Gate of the Sun, northwest corner of the Kalasasaya, Tiahuanaco. Photo by Constantino M. Torres.

Wooden snuff tray with stone and shell inlays, 17.1 cm, collection 2000.211, Denver Art Museum, Colorado. Photo courtesy Margaret Young-Sánchez.

Basic framework of the Tiwanaku iconographic configuration (after Posnansky 1945). Drawings by Donna Torres.