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Paracas Necropolis Burial 243, Specimen 7. This early Block Color-style embroidered mantle border depicts a human wearing a sheet gold forehead ornament, mouthmask, and disks attached to a headband and carrying a knife and human head tassel. The rayed headdress incorporates the tail of a "goatsucker" figure. This image is repeated on a matching shoulder poncho. MNAAHP RT3173.