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(a) Examples from the Gateway of the Kalasasaya showing the conch shell associated with other appendages, in one case a bird and the other a "fish," in the crowns of profile personages. Redrawn by Stanislava Chávez from Posnansky (1945:I:Plate XLIII.2-3). (b) One of two winged personages on a Provincial Pucara textile carrying what appears to be a conch shell. Drawn by Stanislava Chávez from a color photograph of the textile provided by William Isbell.