Chalchihuitls from Central America. 



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signs, of which, of course, only engravings can give any ade- 

 quate notion. (Figs. 8, 9, 10.) As I shall have something 



Fig. 7. 

 Chalchihuitl globe, pierced. One-fourt size. 



to say about this specimen further on, I proceed to notice a 

 simple polished perfect globe, of the same material with that 



Fios. 8, 9, 10. 

 " Hieroglyphics" on Chalchihuitl globe. Full size. 



last alluded to, and which may be sufficiently described as a 

 large bead, an inch and a tenth in diameter, pierced through 

 its exact centre by a hole sufficiently large to admit a stout 

 thread. 



Figs. 11, 12. 

 Chalchihuitl ornaments. Half size. 



Figs. 11 and 12 are types of a large class of what may be 

 called chalchihuitl ornaments, with no special significance. 



