ANTIQUITIES AT PANTALEON, GUATEMALA. 



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Tlje object of the sculptor in ])ortrayins these eyes as hangiiiff from 

 their sockets is rather puzzling. It has been suggested that tearing 

 out the eyes was a mode of punishment among the ancients. But it re- 

 quired long time and nmch labor to carve one of these heads in hard 

 stone, with the tools at their command, and it does not seem likely that 

 such honor Avould have been shown to criminals. Don Manuel Herrera 

 thought that the fact that eye complaints were prevalent in that sec- 

 tion should be considered in the study of this subject. It seems as 

 likely as not that these were representations of individuals whose mis- 

 fortune was depicted in the sculptures, the artist adopting this mode 

 of indicating blindness. 



Fig. 11. — Sculpture from Pantaleon, Guatemala. 



In No. V, Fig. 11, we again had the head of an old man. 



There were wrinkles on the venerable face around the mouth and 

 eyes and particularly strong on the brow. The supraorbital region 

 and cheek-bones were prominent, the mouth firm, and the large nose 

 was aquiline in form. The tip of the nose was broken. 



In front and on top of the turban-like arrangement on the head a 

 broad sash or band was tied in a double bow-knot, the ends widening 

 and falling behind and to the lower edge of the ear on each side. The 



