Anthropomorphism and staffed personages at Tiahuanaco, Bolivia c. AD 600-1000
During the Middle Horizon (c. AD 600-1000), a new iconography spread throughout the South Central Andes known as the Southern Andean Iconographic Series (SAIS). One of its most persistent motifs is the Staff God, a human-like personage facing forward and holding a vertical staff in each hand. Most i...
Main Author: | Viau-Courville, Matthieu |
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University of East Anglia
2010
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.549455 |
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