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Coastal Wari figurine, Huara style, from the Arthur M. Sackler collection, accession N-94. Katz describes the figure as an anthropomorphic feline, but the human-like arms, legs, and face suggest that the figure is intended to represent a person. The zigzag line on the front panel may represent the flow of menstrual blood, marking the figure as female. Drawn from photograph (Katz 1983:Plate 158), colors approximate.