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In PI. LXXXV^I two figures are produced, both of which are of 

 considerable interest. Fig. a is remarkable for the representation of 

 the nose and pendant ornament, while Fig. b is interesting for its 

 beak-like nose and pendant ornament, which terminates in a well 

 executed appendage. 



TREATMENT OF THE EYES. 



In PI. LXXXVn are grouped fragments of heads which show 

 certain peculiarities in the treatment of the eye not shown in previous 

 examples. In Fig. a the eyeball is very well shown, the lid being 

 represented by a little band of clay. In Fig. b an elliptical incision 

 has been made, describing the boundary of the eye. Within this has 

 been placed an elliptical shaped mass of clay with a central depression, 

 a method of representing the eyeball not found except in a few other 

 specimens from this region. In Fig. c a rectangular shaped ridge, 

 prolonged downward, marks the iris of the eye. The superorbital 

 ridge of this specimen is unusually well indicated. In Fig. d the eye 

 has been formed by drawing out the cla}' and then making the cen- 

 tral region by an incision across ' the eyeball itself. This treatment 

 of the eye is, so far as I am aware, not found in any of the other 

 specimens from La Plata. 



TREATMENT OF THE UPPER EXTREMITIES. 



In connection with several of the vessels or fragments of vessels 

 already described, I have spoken of a device fastened to the arms 

 which probably represent amulets. 



On PI. LXXXVIII six fragments are shown, each one of which 

 has some special features of interest. In Fig. a the arms are en- 

 circled by a small fillet, while the fingers are very rudely indicated by 

 means of three deep incisions made in the soft clay. In Fig. b, in 

 which the arm is represented as resting on the leg near the knee, 

 there is fastened to the upper side a broad band bearing on its upper 

 surface six button-shaped objects. This form of arm-band is one of 

 the most common. In Fig. c the arm bears on its upper surface six 

 cup-shaped objects exactl}' similar to those described above as form- 

 ing ear ornaments. Fig. d is interesting inasmuch as, in addition to 

 five small bands which encircle the arm, there has been an attempt 

 to indicate the position of the thumb, there being also five additional 



