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Examples of effigy jar fragments from 1977 Conchopata offering with incomplete depictions of individuals assigned to the Agent 102 category who wear the chevron headband. (a) Agent with elaborate cheek decoration, small moustache, and dotted beard; (b) agent with elaborate cheek decoration on a facial surface painted white; (c) agent with no facial decoration and a rather rounded facial appearance. The V-neck designs most likely represent the edges of actual tunics that displayed and initially spread the SAIS in Wari culture. Assigned to middle Epoch 1B (AD 750-775). Courtesy of William H. Isbell.