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title: Chavin Stone Tenon Head
author: Dtarazona
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3759/chavin-stone-tenon-head/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Chavin Stone Tenon Head
_Authored by Dtarazona_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3759.jpg)
## Image Caption
A stone head which originally protruded from the exterior [wall](https://www.worldhistory.org/wall/) of the [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) at the Chavin religious site of Chavin de Huantar. Over 100 such heads have been found, each is unique and represents the transformation of a shaman into a supernatural fanged creature. (Museo Nacional Chavín de Huantar, Peru).
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cabeza_clava_no-name_6.JPG) by [**Dtarazona**](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cabeza_clava_no-name_6.JPG). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 04 April 2015. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.