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Intercourse among animals

Room 4, Vitrine 26

• Just as the gods engage in sexual union to give origin to life, in the earthly world humans and animals engage in intercourse to procreate and perpetuate the cycle of life.
• Here we see the coupling of llamas, deer, monkeys and mice.
• Moche culture, Florescent Epoch (1 AD – 800 AD), ML004386, ML004387, ML004388, ML004389, ML004390, ML004391.

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