PLATE XVII. 



Clay Figure representing Shaman (see p. 199). 

 Archaic period. He is plad with a leather scale armor, the scales being painted 

 in black outlines. He is in the act of throwing a spear during a struggle with demons. 

 His hair is bound up in a snail-like chignon. His eyeballs protrude, and the cheek- 

 bones are prominently accentuated. The tip of the nose is broken off. The figure 

 is hollow, and the clay walls are very thick and hard. Found in Ho-nan Province. 

 Height, 37.9 cm. Cat. No. 117841. 





