Three idols, from the Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile, published between 1892 and 1910.
I found them in the Biodiversity Heritage Library, which is usually full of biological specimens.
These three, however, are a little different… even if no one knows where two of them came from. Arica is a port city near two valleys that divide the Atacama Desert in north Chile.
He (or more likely she, even though as described in the text, “no hai tetas” and “la barba es distinta”) is the idol with the wide-open arms. Waving hello, perhaps? Welcoming you with a hug? Raising arms in a salute? Or warning you away?
A small, mysterious figure.