The Pre-Colombian Art Museum by far holds the most amazing collection of Peruvian artifacts. This one is just one of many favorites. It's a ceramic bottle in the shape of a spiraling snake, 1300 to 1532 AD, from the Chimu civilization in northern Peru.

Description: "The traditional symbols of Andean worldview are continuously reinterpreted and represented in newer forms. This bottle features a two-headed serpent coiled around itself as a spiral, alluding to the constant repetition of cycles and the possibility of a new beginning of life arising from the inner world."