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Examples of rayed head figures on a headcloth and mantle from two related gravelots from the Wari Kayan cemetery (Paracas Necropolis) demonstrate similarities and differences on the levels of garment design, figure style, and iconography. (a) Paracas Necropolis Gravelot 310, Specimen 39, MNAAHP RT1003. (b) MNAAHP Gravelot 378, Specimen 7. RT2673.

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Ch. 05: Travels of the Rayed Head: Textile Movement and the Concepts of Center and Periphery in the Southern Andes
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Isbell, William H.; Uribe, Mauricio I.; Tiballi, Anne; Edward P. Zegarra, 2018, "Visual database", https://doi.org/10.25346/S6/1B33FN.