https://historians.social/@art_history_animalia/110726553594335513 art_history_animalia@historians.social - #WorldSnakeDay:
Wari painted polychrome ceramic vessel in the form of a snake, c. 800-1000 CE, Chancay Valley, Peru
“A sacred animal, the snake is symbolically linked with water and fertility.”
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian collection
#IndigenousArt
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