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Encircling the forehead, and coming down as low as the ears, is a row of small 

 round holes, fifteen in iiunii)er, placed as closely as possible together, which, when 

 the head was found, were tilled in part with pearls, completely calcined and 

 only recognisable from their concentric lamination. The holes were doubtless 

 all originally filled in the same manner. The ornamental lines upon the face are 



Fio. 143. 



rather deeply cut ; their form is accurately indicated in the engravings. Those 

 radiating from around the mouth might readily be supposed to represent a curling 

 moustache and beard. The mouth of this miniature head is somewhat compressed, 

 and the broAv seems contracted, giving it an aspect of severity, which is not fully 

 conveyed by the engraving. The eyes are prominent and open. 



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Fig. 143 resembles the one last described only in respect to the peculiar mark- 

 ings on the face, already noticed. Its features are bolder, and the outline of the 

 face quite different. The nose is large and prominent, the eyes sunken and 

 apparently closed, and the forehead high and narrow. The head-dress is very 

 remarkable. A portion of the hair seems gathered in festoons upon either side of 

 the head above the ears, the remainder centering in a kind of knot upon the 

 back of the head. The top of the head is covered with a sort of lappet or fold, 

 which seems detached from the other portions of the head-dress, simply resting 

 upon the crown. The ears were each perforated ; and from the strongly attached 

 oxide of copper at those points, were probably ornamented with rings of that 



