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Woman and man copulating next to an infant

Room E1, Vitrine E6


Ceramic
Mochica
Peruvian Northern Coast
Florescent Epoch (1 AD – 800 AD)
ML004213, ML004224, ML004233, ML004243, ML004246, ML004258.

Woman and man copulating while sharing their bed with an infant, probably in an allusion to the reproductive capacity of the couple. But in these scenes the union is anal, and therefore does not result in the insemination of the woman.