SriJKIOUS MEXICAN ANTIQUITIES. 



The work, iiltliongh for a rtule peo[)le pretty well doue, is extremely 

 uieretricioiis, and in conception and execntion has but a very distant 

 relation to pre-Columbian Aztec art. 





Fig. 12. — Large figure in dark brownish clay. Height, 30 inches. 



One variety of this suspected ware, as already mentioned, is finished 

 in ajet black, highly polished surface, and furnishes some quite pleasing 



Fig. 13. — Figure of a dying warrior, in brown c]a}^ 



pieces. The best example in the Mexican Museum is shown in Fig. 14. 

 The same hands have modeled the heavy pitcher-shaped vase illus- 

 trated in Fig. 15. 



