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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
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  are 
  more 
  conventionalized 
  representations 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  monkey 
  

   type. 
  In 
  this 
  type, 
  the 
  upper 
  and 
  lower 
  parts 
  are 
  molded 
  to 
  stand 
  out 
  

   in 
  relief 
  while 
  the 
  central 
  portion 
  is 
  depressed. 
  Horizontally 
  incised 
  

   lines 
  of 
  different 
  lengths 
  are 
  cut 
  transversely 
  and 
  are 
  terminated 
  with 
  

   the 
  characteristic 
  shallow 
  punctation. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  anthropomorphic 
  figurines 
  are 
  plainly 
  caricatures, 
  

   a 
  few 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  portrait 
  models 
  in 
  clay. 
  Headdress 
  forms 
  are 
  

   particularly 
  striking. 
  The 
  turban, 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  archaic 
  figurines 
  from 
  

   Mexico, 
  and 
  other 
  forms 
  of 
  headdresses 
  and 
  hair 
  coiffures, 
  are 
  

   characteristic. 
  

  

  Generally 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  recognize 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  zoomorphic 
  

   figurine 
  modeled 
  in 
  clay, 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  conventional 
  distortions 
  and 
  

   omissions. 
  Undoubtedly, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  figurine 
  heads 
  are 
  intended 
  

   to 
  represent 
  zemis 
  belonging 
  to 
  an 
  individual 
  or 
  family. 
  Convention- 
  

   alized 
  presentations 
  bespeak 
  an 
  old 
  and 
  deeply 
  rooted 
  culture, 
  not 
  

   necessarily 
  a 
  high 
  culture, 
  but 
  one 
  thriving 
  throughout 
  a 
  long 
  period 
  

   of 
  time 
  in 
  comparative 
  isolation. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  personages 
  

   or 
  creatures 
  represented 
  are 
  in 
  part 
  ceremonial 
  and 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  social 
  

   and 
  religious 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  tribe, 
  not 
  necessarily 
  bearing 
  any 
  definite 
  

   relationship 
  to 
  animal 
  forms. 
  

  

  