Feline Mortar
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Kde je teď „Feline Mortar“? Clevelandské muzeum umění, 232 Andean, Cleveland. Ano, právě vystaveno. Ověřeno 9. listopadu 2026.
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Feline Mortar, dated 700–1 BC, is a Chavín-style vessel in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Its small size suggests grinding pigments or mind-altering plants for religious ceremonies, rather than large quantities of food such as maize. Such plants were used to seek spiritual knowledge and contact with cosmic powers. The mortar may come from Pacopampa in the northern highlands. There, elite groups adopted Chavín gods while continuing to worship local deities, combining the imported religion with existing practices. On view in gallery 232.
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Size suggests that this Chavín-style mortar was not used to grind bulky staples like corn, but instead pigments or plant hallucinogens used in religious rites to achieve spiritual insight and communion with cosmic forces. This may come from Pacopampa, a site in the northern highlands where elites adopted Chavín deities and worshiped them alongside local deities. These small sculptures illustrate the appeal and the spread of Chavín religion.
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- Inventární číslo
- 1957.494.a
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- Clevelandské muzeum umění
- Obrázek: Clevelandské muzeum umění — Museum open access
