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Raimondi Stone

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  • Mesoamerican civilization
    In pre-Columbian civilizations: Chavín monuments and temples

    …the god shown on the Raimondi Stone, now in Lima. The stone shows the Staff God, a standing semihuman figure having claws, a feline face with crossed fangs, and a staff in each hand. Above his head, occupying two-thirds of the stone, is a towering, pillarlike structure fringed with snakes…

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