320 PROCHI-DINGS OF THh COTTESWOLD CLUB 



No. S la and 82. Bronze instruments. — Found in the 

 ruins of the Indian village Guatangasta. They may have 

 been used as pincers, or |)ossihly as clasps for the ears for 

 the support of pendants ; but probably the former idea is 

 more exact, because the Indians had a custom of extracting 

 the hair from the face. They are of the same age as the 

 other bronze objects. 



No. 83. Bronze plate. — Found at La Troya. Age 

 doubtful ; it is probably not as old as the cutting imple- 

 ments, Nos. 76, 79/;. 



No. 84. Bronze bell of an oval form. — Found in one 

 of the mountains in the Province of Catamarca. It is 

 very ancient, and has fine faces cast upon it of the same 

 type as the god No. 59, and part of the vase No. 54. 

 There is, however, no sign of Inca Sun worship upon it; 

 and it may consequently belong to an anterior period. 

 Its exact use is unknown. 



No. 85. Bronze bell. — Found in the mountains of 

 Catamarca, where possibly it had remained since some 

 war, which may have been instituted between the tribes 

 or possibly at the Spanish conquest. It has four faces 

 cast upon it of the same type as No. 84. If the surround- 

 ing ornamentation of zig-zag hnes are Sun worship signs, 

 it must have belonged to the time of one of the first 

 Incas, but the faces point to ideas of things anterior 

 to that worship. 



Nos. 86 and 87. Bronze balls.— Obtained from the 

 village of Belen, (Province of Catamarca). They may 

 have been pendants, probably for the ears ; since they 

 are not worn they could not have been clappers of bells. 

 Their age and precise use are unknown. 



Nos. 88 and 89. Parts of ear-rings, having the form of 

 birds. Age and source unknown. 



