Room E2, Vitrine E34
Ceramic
Mochica
Peruvian Northern Coast
Florescent Epoch (1 AD – 800 AD)
ML004206, ML004264, ML004265
In Mochica art, anal sex is associated with scenes in which the dead are shown emerging from the underworld and entering the earthly world. This is probably a reference to ritualized sexual practices associated with the period of reversal of the natural order that formed part of the religious calendar.