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to those seen in the third urn. The hands hold just in front of 

 the chin a curious object, probably ceremonial in character, the 

 lower part of which rests on the loin cloth. The head-dress is 

 comparatively simple, and is backed by a line of upright feathers. 

 There is more variety in the urns of this series than in any 

 of those discovered by the Loubat Expeditions, where in one 

 series, shown on page 53, all five are exactly alike; in another 



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FUNERAL URNS IN THE FACADE OF TOMB 9, XOXO 



four, and in a third series two of one form and three of another 

 were found. This last series, shown on page 54, was found in a 

 tomb at Xoxo fastened into the fagade and is the only instance 

 known where they were deposited in this manner. 



As a class these funeral urns may be described as follows : 

 They generally represent a human figure sitting cross-legged, 

 although animal figures are not uncommon. They are, as a rule, 

 hollow at the back, in the form of a cylinder. Sometimes the 



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