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Ear Ornaments
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A remarkable tomb at Chornancap, a site on Peru’s North Coast, contained the remains of a high-status female between forty-five and fifty years old; she became known as the Priestess of Chornancap, for attached to her funerary mask were double plumes, which are associated with female ritual practitioners.
Cerca de la ciudad actual de Chiclayo, en la costa Norte de Perú, en el sitio de Chornancap, una importante tumba contenía los restos de una mujer de alto rango de aproximadamente unos cuarenta y cinco o cincuenta años de edad. Se la conoce como la Sacerdotisa de Chornancap, ya que a su máscara funeraria estaba sujetada una doble hilera de plumas, a menudo asociadas con prácticas rituales femeninas.
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