Peru -- Primarily Machu Picchu (Dec 2010)

The museum had a nicely landscaped courtyard, with several different kinds of plants growing in it.

In this area, there was a separate-entrance display with what might be called X-rated designs on the pottery. In some cases, the handles of pots were human (and sometimes animal) figures dioing various things that I'll just let the reader imagine (you can imagine some of the spout designs too).

It's not known exactly what was going on with these pots. What some cultures consider pornography could (in those cultures) have had some kind of religious meaning (or something to do with fertility ritiuals or were associated with childbearing -- or with fertility for their domestic animals, possibly an important food source).