Crested Eagle-1     Knobloch 2000b: fig.11
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Comments:

Image found on large urn fragments associated with an image of a Wari elite. Quote: "Such raptors are assumed to represent symbolic power. These raptors were depicted with large, robust bodies, stout legs with large talons, heavy beaks, beady eyes, distinctive yellow ceres, and feather colorations. James Clements, ornithologist and President of the Board of Trustee at the San Diego Natural History Museum, was able to identify these images as the Crested Eagles (Morphnus guianensis). He also commented that the crest was not drawn as in illustrated handbooks (De La PeÒa and Rumboll 1998: Plate 24) due to the normal behavior of these eagles. The crest only appears when the eagle is started (James Clements, personal communication 1999). I suggest that the Wari artist painted an unalarmed pose of Crested Eagles due to taming. In other words, they were controllable. With this person's image positioned next to a deity, his elite dress, the clever use of a miror for ritual effect, the possible control of powerful raptors, and the association with the hallucinogenic plant icon on chicha urns, I argue that this person was a Wari priest (Knobloch 2000b: 399-400).

Owl/Eagle-1     ChavÈz 1992: 225-231, fig. 197a
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Comments:

Please see "Owl or Eagle?" for discussion.

Owl/Eagle-1     ChavÈz 1992: 225-231, fig. 197a
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Comments:

Please see "Owl or Eagle?" for discussion.

Owl/Eagle-1     ChavÈz 1992: 225-231, fig. 197a
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Comments:

Please see "Owl or Eagle?" for discussion.

Owl/Eagle-1     ChavÈz 1992: 225-231, fig. 197a
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Comments:

Please see "Owl or Eagle?" for discussion.