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Viru sexual union

Room 3, Vitrine 17

• These sculptural bottles depict a couple engaged in two different types of sexual union. One is a scene of vaginal intercourse, while the other depicts anal penetration.
• The two vessels appear to depict the same couple, with the man shown wearing face paint and cross-like symbols on his headdress.
• Virú culture, Formative Epoch (1250 BC – 1 AD), ML004446, ML004447.

ML004446