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National Geographic : 1947 Apr
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Finding the Tomb of a Warrior-God ( National Geographic Society Painting Dyitojas 'onca Beneath a Jaguar Headdress Glares the Mochica God of Fertility This remarkable hardwood image with red eyes and long white tusks of shell was found in the grave of the warrior-priest-god, regarded as the earthly incarnation of the deity. Buried with him was a boy, like the lad here sowing turquoise "seeds" in furrows formed by Ai apaec's digging stick. At lower right is a serpent.
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