ANTIQUITIES AT PANTALEON, GUATEMALA. 



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and crest suggested the back of a chair of state. On the rear surface 

 a fresh cut nearly 3 feet square showed where the tenon had been re- 

 moved. 



The head I^o. II, Fig. 5, was that of an ohl person, whose venerable 

 appearance was heightened by the deep lines on brow and cheek. Nearly 

 the whole of the ear was taken up by the cylindrical ornaments. The 

 head-dress ended below in a fluted baud, above which, in front, was 

 the body of a bird. The tail and most of the body of the bird had been 

 broken away, but the outstretched wings remained to give evidence of 

 the nature of the cap. 



Fig. 5. — Sculpture from Pantaleon, Guatemala. 



The extreme height of No. II was 21 inches. No. Ill, Figs. G and 7, 

 was another head of an old person, but instead of the calmness of the 

 preceding face there was depicted the inexpressible sadness of age 

 with blindness. Both eyes were represented as hanging from the sock- 

 ets, the balls resting on the cheeks. The chid and lower lip protruded, 

 the upper lip fallen in as from loss of teeth. To the long ears were 

 appended large, pear-shaped ornaments. The head-dress was arranged 

 in braided folds, turban-like, with a little Tarn O'Shanter cap on top. 



