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Drawing of a Wari tapestry fragment from Peru's Museo Nacional with an anthropomorphic version of Sawyer's "composite motif." The raised arms and curled lower limbs are suggestive of a squatting pose, often used in childbirth. The mirror reflection of the figure, one head-up, the other head-down, creates an image of the figure giving birth to itself. Drawn from photograph of registry 2329, colors approximate.