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DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



margin, thus revealing a practice of the ]jeople to whom they 

 referred. 



Tattooing. — Probably the most unique feature is the jiattern of 

 incised lines that covers the greater part of the face. The lines are 

 deeply engraved and somewhat "scratchey," and were apparently 

 executed before the slip was applied. The left side of the face 

 is plain, with the exception of a figure somewhat resembling a grap- 

 pling hook in outline which partially surrounds the eye. The right 

 side is covered with a comb-like pattern placed vertically, with the 

 teeth upwards. The middle of the forehead has a series of vertical 

 lines and a few short horizontal ones just above the root of the nose. 

 There are also three curved lines near the corner of the mouth not 

 shown in the cut. 



Fig. 66.— 'The engraved figures. 



The diagram presented herewith. Fig. 66, gives in dotted lines 

 the correct outline of the front face, and shows projected in solid 

 lines the engraved figures. 



The significance of these markings can only be surmised in the 

 most general way. Their function is probably the same as that of 

 the tattooed and painted figures upon the faces of living people. It 

 will be well to observe that upon the forehead, at the top, there is 

 a small perforated knob or loop. Similar appendages may be seen 

 upon many of the clay human heads from this valley. A Mexican 

 terra-cotta head now in the museum at Mexico has a like feature, 

 and at the same time has closed eyes and an open mouth. 



The head dress should be noticed; it seems to have been mod- 



