PLATE XV. 



Clay Figure representing Shaman of Archaic Period (see p. 199). 



He is clad with sleeveless, tight-fitting scale armor, the scales being cut out of 

 leather. They are outlined in black varnish over a coating of pipe-clay. The lines • 

 are so fine that they cannot be brought out. He wears a hide helmet surmounted by 

 a high crest. Note the oblique and almond-shaped eyes. He is represented in the 

 act of combating the demons and brandishing in his right hand a spear, which, being 

 of wood, has rotted away under ground. The figure is hollow, and the clay walls are 

 very thick and hard. Found in Ho-nan Province. Height, 51.2 cm. Cat. No. 

 1 17842. 





