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knot having long ends. To this band is suspended an image of the sun, consisting 

 of a circular ridge with radiating flames. The breast is ornamented by a circular 

 disk with a tassel hanging from its centre. The outstretched foot grasps a globe, 

 while the extended bill holds the body of a man as if devouring it. The wrinkled 

 forehead and cheeks of the victim denote a person of advanced age. On the chin 

 and lower jaw are indications of a beard, and the hair is dressed after the manner of 

 a wi" from which floats a kind of braid. From the head, in addition to these orna- 

 ments, five serpents are suspended. The ear of the human figure is ornamented by 

 a ring with a pendant. The neck is surrounded by a double band, to the front of 

 which is attached a circular disk with a bow in the centre. The bare arms hang 

 down below the head. This sculpture represents the bird of the sun devouring an 

 individual who apparently belongs to the same caste or race as the human victims 

 shown in the other sculptures. 



Sculpture Number XVII, Plate VI. 



This stone, nine feet six inches long, and five feet broad, was lying adjacent to 

 the one just described, while its sculpture represents a similar subject and may be 

 the counterpart of it. It is again the bird of the sun, with outstretched wings, 

 devouring a human being. The crest on the bird's head is similar to a cock's comb, 

 and on the base of the bill are four fleshy flaps. A circular disk with an elevation 

 in its centre ornaments tlie ear. A band fastened by a ring surrounds the neck. 



A gorget with a tassel adorns the breast, an image of the sun is attached to the 

 side of the bird, and the talon grasps a globe. The forehead and face of the man 

 are wrinkled, and on the chin and lower jaw is a beard. The hair is dressed in the 

 shape of a wig, two serpents hang down from the head, and a single ring with a 

 circular disk having a pearl shaped globe in its centre and six similar globes on its 

 circumference, adorns the neck and breast. The ear is ornamented with a circular 

 disk bearing a pendant in its centre. The head has the characteristic marks of the 

 victim represented in the other sculpture. 



Sculpture Number XVIII, Plate VIII. 



This is a cylindrical sculpture three feet three inches high, and two feet six inches 

 in diameter. It represents a squatting figure whose head is broken off", the hands 

 have claws instead of fingers, and hold on the lap a sitting skeleton, a representa- 

 tion of death. On account of the cylindrical form of the sculpture, the hands cannot 

 be seen in the view represented. This skeleton, like those in other sculptures, is not 

 correct, but characteristic enough not to be mistaken, but the skull is provided with 

 hair in the manner of a wig. On either side extends a projection like a horn. The 

 tongue protrudes through the closed teeth. The ears are ornamented with a kind 

 of rosette with a pendant tassel from its centre. Two rows of rufiiing surround tlie 

 neck ; from the front of which descends a double band to the ground, having a globe 

 near its centre. The arms are outstretched, the forearms pointing downwards, the 

 fleshy hands resting on the bent knees and the fleshy feet touching those of the 

 squatting individual. On the top of the sculpture is an excavation two inches and 

 a half deep and surrounded by a rim three inches wide. By this fact and the re- 



