A reproduction of a Moche statue on display at the Army Museum in Stockholm. The translation of the caption in the background is as follows: "THE DECAPITATOR" A ferocious mythological being from the Moche culture in Peru (c. 500 BC). In his right hand he is holding a "tumi" – a ritual sacrificial knife. At the top of Moche society reigned warrior-priests who presided over sacrificial ceremonies where prisoners of war were decapitated and cut up, after which their blood was greedily drunk. The Moche people possessed no writing system, but their artwork is unparalleled in pre-Columbian America. In the 8th century AD the culture disappeared without explanation. Sculpture after a contemporary clay vessel from Peru.
Dit is een geretoucheerde foto, wat betekent dat de originele versie digitaal aangepast is. Aanpassingen: Old version- antigua version. Het origineel kan hier bekeken worden: The Decapitator.jpg. Aanpassingen gedaan door Digary.
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2009-02-19T13:04:50Z Patrick.charpiat 1596x2264 (390536 Bytes) Clean-up version by Patrick.Charpiat feb 2009
2007-07-04T18:39:08Z Peter Isotalo 1944x2592 (1637965 Bytes) {{Information |Description=A reproduction of a Moche statue on display at the Army Museum in Stockholm. The translation of the caption in the background is as follows: '''"THE DECAPITATOR"''' A ferocious mythological being
{{Information |Description=A reproduction of a Moche statue on display at the Army Museum in Stockholm. The translation of the caption in the background is as follows: '''"THE DECAPITATOR"''' A ferocious mythological being from the Moche culture in Peru