Gold Pectoral with Zoomorphic Face, Chavín, north coast Peru, ca 500 BC
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Some of the main attractions of Chavin are the marvellous carved stone heads (cabeza clavos)
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Chavin: this stone relief portrays a feline deity holding a section of the psychotropic mescalin cactus San Pedro
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The figures carved on the stones at Chavin indicate that the resident cult was based on the feline,birds and serpents
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The belltower of Chavin de Patriarca still stands.
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