490 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEQM, 1896. 



Fig. U3. 



>K, FELSl'AllllC STONE. 



Mexico. 



, il8n89, U.S.N.M ii natur.il i 



Fig. 15 [146] is the "Ciuciunati tablet," showing the sserpeut combined with the 

 human form. A carclul study ol' this ooiuplicatcd design shows it to be formed on the 

 same i)rincii)le as tliose carved on bones. Not only is the duplication of the right and 

 left sides apparent, but there is also a remarkable duplication of the different parts 

 when they are reversed, the right and left anil the upper and lower. This is shown 

 in the reduced (Uitlines given in fig. 16, of which a shows the human figure as in fig. 



1.5. We notice here the ears, cc, as straight bars on 

 each side of the head; the eyes, the two dark cir- 

 cles, each with two projecting cuived arms; th(^ 

 nose, the lozenge-shaped.space, and the broad mouth, 

 the transverse white sjiace below. The body in- 

 cludes the two oval figures in the center, which ar(^ 

 duplicates of each other, as will be seen by folding 

 the upper over the lower. The arms curve outward 

 and the hands are shown at 

 dd, with the fingers point- 

 ing inward; the three mid- 

 dle fingers are represented 

 by the trefoil between the 

 foug curved thumb above 

 and the little finger below. 

 The legs project from the 

 lower portion of the body 

 and are l)cut upward at the knees, ff; the feet with the toes 

 pointing outward, ee, are duplicates of the hands. Here 

 the duplication is with the left foot and the right hand 

 turned upward on each other and reversed ; the same with 

 the right foot and left hand; while the duplication is 

 again shown by folding the hands and feet of one side upon 

 the opposite side. 



lu the reverse' of this human design 

 (shown in fig. 16b) the two serpent 

 heads are shown at the bottom of the 

 figure, with the slender uecks extend- 

 ing ofi" on each side and connecting 

 with the central portion of the design; 

 j indicates the jaw of each serpent 

 head. The symbolic eye with its double 

 arms is seen above the jaw, and the 

 four horns or plumes of the serpent, 

 two above and two below, curving 

 backward, are of the same character 

 as shown on many other serpent heads 



from Mexico and Central America. The dou1)le reversal of 

 the several portions of the whole design can readily be seen by 

 following the lines on the opposite sides of these reversed 

 outlines, a and b. 



Fig. 147 is a representation of a cast of a tablet of 

 compact Waverly sandstoue taken from a mound 

 near Waverly, Pike County, Ohio, during the month of Marcli, 1872, 

 by ])r. Hurst, of Piketown. It was obtained by Mr. J. P. Maclean, 

 who sold it to Mr. liobert Clarke, of Cincinnati, wbo has deposited it 



Fig. 144. 



HUMAN IMAGE, OF GREEN 

 MOTTLED STONE. 



Mexico. 



Collected by Dr. Berlandier and 



presented throngh Gen. D. N. 



Couch. Cat. No. 54S4, U.S.N.M. 



^ natural size. 



Fifj. 145. 



HUMAN IMAOE, IN HARD 

 OU SEMI-1>KE Clous 

 STONE. 



Northeast Mexico. 



Collected l)y Dr. Berlandier. 



Cat. No. 64S6, U.S.N.M. 



Natural size. 



' Meaning upside down. 



