Fig. 4 
Rivea corymbosa or ololiuhqui 
emerging morning glory flower, showing the plaiting and 
convolutions characteristic of that stage. In Fig. 5 Mrs. 
Seeler reproduces the design on the left thigh: 
Fig. 5 
The Morning Glory flower emerging. (See Plate XXVI.) 
A series of pointed objects hang from the pectoral, 
four visible in our front view of the statue and others 
from the side views near the shoulders. There are simi- 
lar carvings around the right ankle. These are ordinarily 
taken to be the claws of an eagle or the fangs of the 
jaguar or puma and this interpretation may be right. 
But should we not pause before Jumping to an interpre- 
tation that in Mesoamerica is conventional and accepted 
thoughtlessly, without inquiry into the whole context 
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