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“Material culture
Ceramics
Moche pottery is some of the most varied in the world. The use of mold technology is evident. This would have enabled the mass production of certain forms. But Moche ceramics vary widely in shape and theme, with most important social activities documented in pottery, including war, metalwork, weaving and sex.
Traditional north coast Peruvian ceramic art uses a limited palette, relying primarily on red and white; fineline painting, fully modeled clay, veristic figures, and stirrup spouts. Moche ceramics created between 150–800 CE epitomize this style. Moche pots have been found not just at major north coast archaeological sites, such as Huaca de la luna, Huaca del sol, and Sipan, but also at small villages and unrecorded burial sites as well.
At least 500 Moche ceramics have sexual themes. The most frequently depicted act is anal sex, with scenes of vaginal penetration being very rare. Most pairs are heterosexual, with carefully carved genitalia to show that the anus, rather than the vagina, is being penetrated. Often, an infant is depicted breastfeeding while the couple has sex. Fellatio is sometimes represented, but cunnilingus is absent. Some depict male skeletons masturbating, or being masturbated by living women.”
>> From the sound of it, it looks like they used to practice “sacred prostitution” in the Moche culture, just like what the Romans used to with Venus’ sacred prostitution.
“Because irrigation was the source of wealth and foundation of the empire, the Moche culture emphasized the importance of circulation and flow. Expanding upon this, Moche artwork frequently depicted the passage of fluids, particularly life fluids through vulnerable human orifices. There are countless images of defeated warriors losing life fluids through their nose, or helpless victims getting their eyes torn out by birds or captors. Images of captive sex-slaves with gaping orifices and leaking fluids portray extreme exposure, humiliation, and a loss of power.”
>> This is very brutal and I must add there is a masoshit side to it = seems like they were combining pain with sexual pleasure.
“The coloration of Moche pottery is often simple, with yellowish cream and rich red used almost exclusively on elite pieces. White and black are rarely used. The Moche are known for their portraiture pottery. The pottery portraits created by the Moche appear to represent actual individuals. Many of the portraits are of individuals with physical disfigurements or genetic defects.”
>> This is rather unexpected and interesting. In most culture, when it comes to art, they usually HIDE or totally OMIT representing physical disfigurements or genetic defects; there are a few exceptions out there of course, like Akhenaten in Ancient Egypt etc. Here with the Moche culture, they seem to appreciate it.
“The realistic detail in Moche ceramics may have helped them serve as didactic models. Older generations could pass down general knowledge about reciprocity and embodiment to younger generations through such portrayals. The sex pots could teach about procreation, sexual pleasure, cultural and social norms, a sort of immortality, and transfer of life and souls, transformation, and the relationship between the two cyclical views of nature and life.”
>> If anons take a look at the pottery, some don’t have any “functional” proprieties and are just there for the shape and artistic design. This is rather curious behavior mostly that it is mentiond the Moche used to have molds for their pottery = meaning serial production, chain production. Also, it’s the first time we’ve encountered a hint to necrophilia with the female having sexual acts with a skeleton pottery mentioned in the text. The importance of fluids reminds me of the Spirit Cooking Mixture I’ve read online about it. It’s stomach turning so I’m not going there.
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