Visual database

Moche vessel decorated with stylized felines, displaying strong influence from Cupisnique art, recovered in a Moche II to III burial at the site of Moche (redrawn from Chauchat and Gutiérrez 2005).

Outlines of flying anthropomorphic creatures painted on Wari oversized jars uncovered at Conchopata (redrawn from Isbell 2000).

Pachacamac-style vessel decorated with the griffin motif (from Bazán 2001).

Fragments of a Moche flaring vessel decorated with a flying figure (from Guadalupito, Proyecto Santa Université de Montréal).

Flying figure stitched on a Paracas mantle (from de Lavalle and Lang 1983).

Flying figures represented on Moche objects that predate the Middle Horizon. (a) Moche II vessel from the Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Hererra, Lima (redrawn from the online catalog ML003444).

Flying figures represented on Moche objects that predate the Middle Horizon.  (b) Moche III textile from the site of Moche (redrawn from Montoya 2001).

Wari tapestry tunic decorated with mirrored figures enclosed in individual squares (from de Lavalle and González 1991).

Moche III painted mural from Structure D, Huaca de la Luna. (a) Complete mural as recorded during the excavation. Drawing by I. Solózano (from Morales and Torres 1998).

Moche III painted mural from Structure D, Huaca de la Luna. (b) Reconstruction drawn from field observations (detail).