Indigo threads weave a snail kite mid-strike, talons poised above a coiled serpent and a spiral-shelled snail. This fragment suggests Moche weavers encoded survival—predator and prey—into garments meant to endure.

What does the snail’s slow spiral reveal about the balance the weaver chose to depict?
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