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metal. This head, unlike the others, do3S not constitute a pipe bowl, but seems, 

 from the fracture, to have been attached, at the lower and back part, to a rod 

 carved from the same stone. The base, shown in the engraving, is simply an 

 addition of plaster to sustain the head in a vertical position. The material, in this 

 instance, is a compact yellowish stone, too much altered by the fire to be satis- 

 feictorilv made out. 



Fig. 144 is composed of the same material with that last described. Its features 

 are more regular than those of either of the preceding examples. The nose turns 

 up slightly at the point, and the lips are prominent. The eyes seem closed, and 

 the whole expression of the face is a repose like that of death. The head-dress is 

 simple ; and the ears, which are large, are each perforated with four small holes 

 around their upper edges. At the lower and posterior portion of the head are 

 drilled, in convergent directions, two holes, each one fifth of an inch in diameter 

 and half an inch deep. Were they continued one fourth of an inch further in the 

 same direction, they would intersect each other. This head is destitute of mark- 

 ings upon the face. It has been suggested, from the greater delicacy of the features, 

 that this was designed to represent a female. 



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Fig. 145. This is the most beautiful head of the series, and is evidently that of a 

 female. It is carved from a compact stone, which is nuicli altered, and in some places 

 the color entirelv changed. I)V th<> action of the tire. riie nuiscles of the face are 



