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Masturbatory sexual activity

Room E2, Vitrine E27


Ceramic
Mochica
Peruvian Northern Coast
Florescent Epoch (1 AD – 800 AD)
ML004316, ML004318, ML004322

In these sculptural bottles, the vitality of cadaverous beings, men and women, inhabitants of the underworld, is apparent from the masturbatory sexual activity they are engaged in, the aim of which is the “activation” of the fertilizing ability of the males