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Siguas I pyroengraved canes often depict rather abstract anthropomorphic and zoomorphic forms. On this fragment, the long necks of the animals allow us to recognize them as camelids. Two black-bodied birds are also shown. The one-eyed figure in the upper right corner appears to have a beak and could represent an anthropomorphic bird creature. Human figures in the Siguas tradition, however, often appear to wear elaborate headdresses or masks with rayed projections or horns, and this would appear to be such a case. While the level of abstraction makes it difficult to say much about this figure, it may represent a Siguas version of the "woman with camelid" theme. Adapted and redrawn from Haeberli (2002).