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Nasca LinesThose are the most known expression of the Nascas. They are big drawings made of anthropomorphous, zoo morphs and fitomorph figures, along with straight lines of many kilometers(longitude).All of them were made with a precision that still today, amaze the world. The Nascas used a great sense of the scale based in grooves and small rocks gave a tone to their traces. The TextilesNasca textiles are considered fine because of their quality, we can mention their colorful design of great variety. In order to make their finest mantles and cloths, they used cotton and camelid wool. The Nascas used the same figures in their pottery. CeramicStudied by Max Ulhe in 1901, it is considered as one of the best in the old Peru. It is characterized because is polychrome, that allows to draw complex figures with pieces that have between six and seven colors and around 190 different shades. The Nasca ceramist, used the main colors, but the green and blue. MusicIt was the chromatic music instruments (12 music notes, when the Incas had 5 notes) , the great finished of antaras of ceramic and their knowledge of acoustic, make the Nascas as the most important musicians in America in their time. Smithing-JewerlyThey used gold and silver to make masks, lappets, nose piece and other objects for their rituals, they were adorned with embossed laminate. These objects were ceremonial or for religious uses. Jewelry- Smithing: It is the art to give an artistic value to some metals known as precious. (Gold, silver, etc)Trophy headsThey had their origin in the Chavin and Paracas cultures. They took the brain by the base of the skull, then they sewed the mouth or closed it with thorns. They made a small hole in the front and put a cord so they could be hung. It is believed that the Nascas made this work , in order to do rituals related with the fertility of the land.
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