Ancient Peru Wari Stepped Diamond Hi-Def Card

Ancient Peru Pre-Columbian Pre-Inca Wari (Huari) 'Stepped Diamond Motif' (also called 'Stepped Andean Cross' or 'Chakana' Andean Motif) ceramic tile ... Public Domain Pre-Columbian Andean design circa 750 - 900 CE. Colours used include Cinnabar Red (toxic pigment used in Mesoamerica and South America), San Pedro Cactus Green (the hallucinogenic San Pedro cactus was consumed by Chavín, Wari, Palpi, Nazca, and Inca priests to achieve transformative states and communicate with the spirit world.), Sand, Rare Lapis Lazuli Dark Blue, Maya Blue (made from the plant found in Mesoamerica and South America called añil: Indigofera suffruticosa mixed with a rare clay called attapulgite), and Black (both the Maya and the Inca used genipa seeds to create the colour black). As found on the Ancient Wari (Huari) Tunic. Authentic Colours. Authentic design. The centre 'hole' in each stepped diamond was The Centre of the World or the Universe ... there being Cuzco / Cusco the capital of Peru. The 3 concentric 'circles' (here look more to be almost squares) are also found in related Ancient Peru patterns such as the Nazca Mandala -- Estrella (Star) de Palpa -- Cux de Palpa.