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the soft clay near the region where they join the legs. Placed near 

 the center and on top of each arm is a clay liUet, each one with four 

 deep incisions in the center made with a sharp instrument; these may 

 represent arm bands. Over the head is a cap- shaped affair from 

 which projected two cone-shaped masses, now broken off. Just 

 beneath this cap is a depression running from back of the ear up and 

 over across the forehead. Just beneath this and above the nose are 

 three small, raised, knob-like protuberances; these are not unusual. 

 The ears are simply triangular appendages of clay extended out from 

 the face; into the center of the appendage is a deep incision which, as 

 may be seen in other specimens, entirely pierces the ear. Under the 

 nose there is represented a large nose ornament which entirely fills 

 the space between the upper lip and the nose. The mouth itself, as 

 in the majority of the heads, is represented as open and is simply an 

 elliptical-shaped incision. The chin is interesting, inasmuch as from 

 it project two bits of clay producing an effect not unlike that of a 

 divided beard. 



The second complete figure differs in no material respect from 

 the one just described. The head-dress, instead of having two pro- 

 jections on the top of the head, has nine. There is only a faint indi- 

 cation of the ear. The eyes have the same general treatment as in 

 the specimen just described, and as they are better shown in this speci- 

 men they may properly be noticed here. In forming the eye, the maker 

 with his two fingers simply worked out a slight protuberance from the 

 face, which was rounded off and elongated; into this, with the sharp 

 point of some instrument, two elliptical incisions were made, thus 

 giving the effect of the eyeball. 



TREATMENT OF THE HEAD— NO COVERING. 



In the specimen represented in PI. LXXI, we have the fragment 

 of a figure which must have stood at least twelve or fourteen inches 

 in height. The treatment of the head is quite different from that of 

 the specimens just described. Instead of the covering with the pro- 

 jections, the head is represented as the open mouth of a vessel. On 

 the forehead are two protuberances, while running out from the nose 

 and just over the eyes are two ridges. These may represent a very 

 highly developed superciliary region, or perhaps be characterizations 

 of tattoo marks. The head has been so mutilated that it is not possible 

 to make out the character of the ears, but just in front of the place 

 where the ears should be is, on one side, a large hole, while on the 



