An exhibited Chimu-Inca Double Bird Effigy Vessel, Late Intermediate Period - Late Horizon, ca. 1100 - 1500 CE Amulets - Offerings whereby decapitation may have been

whereby decapitation may have been viewed as a necessary evil for combating the adverse effects of sorcery (Hoopes 2007)

and divine guardianship

Condition:  The pendant is very good vintage condition

one of the largest Indigenous groups in Australia

each having repeating stylized cross elements with roundel borders

An exhibited Chimu-Inca Double Bird Effigy Vessel, Late Intermediate Period - Late Horizon, ca. 1100 - 1500 CE Amulets - Offerings whereby decapitation may have beenA striking blackware stirrup spout vessel featuring the conjoined effigies of two long billed water birds, likely shorebirds or cormorants, rendered in a dynamic and naturalistic pose. One bird is shown preening the neck of the other, while the second turns its head back across its body. Both figures are sculpted with tight wings, bulbous eyes, and prominent beaks, each anchoring one end of the stirrup spout that rises centrally. The vessel rests on a