Photographer: Andrea Blumtritt | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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The figure combines the attributes of different creatures (alligators, iguanas, lizards) and different perspectives (feet). It appears to be assuming a tense, aggressive posture. Due to the half-open mouth, the figure's feet do not reach the surface on which it is resting. Lizard-like depictions also occur in the Pacific region of southern Central America on pottery from the Buenos Aires Policromo (1550-1000d.C.), Altiplano Policromo (1350-800d.C.), Potosí Aplicado (1350-500d.C.), Macaracas Policromo (1100-900d.C.), Conte Policromo (900-700d.C.), Galo Policromo (800-500d.C.) and Carrillo Policromo (800-500d.C.). (Künne 2005)
