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The second urn represents a standing man with a bat-Hke 

 head and tiger-hke hands. The hands are held with the upright 

 palms outward close to the body. The body is clothed with a 

 loin cloth, and also has a necklace. 



The third urn, shown in the center, is a man seated cross- 

 legged on a pedestal or platform, with incised designs on the front. 

 This figure has the hands on the knees. It is clothed w4th a short 

 cape around the shoulders, and a loin cloth covers a part of the 

 legs. A hieroglyph, hanging from a strap around the neck, 

 forms a breast ornament, the lower part of which rests on the 



FUNERAL URNS iN A MOUND AT CUILAPA 



Upper part of the loin cloth. The face is partly covered by a 

 mask. The ears have the typical ornaments commonly seen in 

 funeral urns. The head-dress is quite simple, its prominent feat- 

 ure being tasseled ears of com placed above the forehead. 



The fourth represents a seated man with bat-like head. The 

 figure is clothed with a loin cloth, and has a band around the 

 neck. The head-dress and objects in the hands are identical 

 with those of the seated woman in the first urn of the series. 



The fifth and last urn is a man sitting cross-legged, wearing a 

 loin cloth and an elaborate cape similar to one discovered in 

 Xoxo bv the author. The mask and ear ornaments are similar 



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