Spatula with Carved Lizard
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Kde je teď „Spatula with Carved Lizard“? Clevelandské muzeum umění, 232 Andean, Cleveland. Ano, právě vystaveno. Ověřeno 9. listopadu 2026.
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Spatula with Carved Lizard, dated 100 BCE–700 CE, is in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Its style belongs to the Nasca culture of Peru. Such implements served to scoop powdered lime out of containers; the powder was chewed together with coca leaves. Indigenous Peruvians regard coca as sacred and use it to communicate with supernatural powers. Alongside that ritual purpose, the leaves provide vitamins, promote alertness in a way comparable to coffee, and increase endurance. On view in room 232, Andean.
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Peruvian Indians today regard coca leaf as a sacred substance that creates communion with supernatural forces. The leaves are chewed with powdered lime that in antiquity was stored in containers and scooped with spatulas like those seen here. Aside from its ritual meaning, coca has practical benefits: it is vitamin-rich; like coffee, it induces clear-headedness; and it increases stamina. The lizard spatula is Nasca in style.
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- 1955.83
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- Clevelandské muzeum umění
- Obrázek: Clevelandské muzeum umění — Museum open access
