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   'Oldest religious icon in Americas'

   This image of a god or goddess with a fanged mouth and clawed feet may
   be the oldest religious icon in the Americas.

   'Icon'

   "Like the cross, the Staff God is a clearly recognisable religious
   icon," said Jonathan Haas, MacArthur curator of North American
   anthropology at The Field Museum, Chicago.


   "This appears to be the oldest identifiable religious icon found in
   the Americas.


   The icon has been found on many ancient artefacts belonging to several
   Andean cultures.