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Figure 333. Bead evidently made from a gold nugget. '/' .... 201 



Figure 334. Gold bead. '/ 201 



Figure 335. Cylindrical bead made of sheet gold. 'A ..... 201 



Figures 336-338. Cylindrical gold beads. 'A 201 



Figure 339. Gold ornament, to be worn as a labret or earring. Heye collection. 'A 201 

 Figure 340. Fine gold bell surmounted by an animal form ; the pellet inside is a 



gold nugget. 'A .......... 201 



Figure 341. Gold figurine of a fish. Metropolitan Museum, New York. '/< . . 202 



Figure 342. Figurine of a deer in base metal plated with low-grade gold. Heye 



collection. 'A .......... 202 



Figure 343. Small gold figurine of the armadillo. Heye collection. 'A . . 202 



Figure 344. Gold figurine of a frog; a. dorsal view; b. profile view. 'A . . 202 



Figure 345. Two united images of the frog in base metal plated with gold ; from 



El Banco. 'A 203 



Figure 346. Two gold figurines of the frog united by bands of twisted wire. 'A . 203 



Figure 347. Gold image of a frog; ceramic type. 'A ..... 203 



Figure 348. Gold image of a frog. Metropolitan Museum, New York. '/ . . 204 



Figure 349. Simplified alligator figurine in low-grade gold. 'A . . . 204 



Figure 350. Gold image of an alligator holding in its mouth a human leg; from 



Pueblo Viejo. Heye collection. 'A ....... 204 



Figure 351. Large massive gold image of an alligator. New York Public Library 



(Lenox Foundation). 'A ......... 205 



Figure 352. Bat-shaped image in fine gold. New York Public Library (Lenox 



Foundation). '/ 205 



Figure 353. Large image of a bird in an alloy of copper, gold and silver. '/ . 206 



Figure 354. Gold figure of a bird, the head surmounted by snake heads. '/ . 207 



Figure 355. Gold figure of a bird, the tufts being made of coiled wire ; a. ventral 



view; b. profile view. 'A ........ 207 



Figure 356. Gold image of a bird with large wing-shaped tufts, holding a small rep- 

 tile in its beak. Heye collection. 'A . . . . . . . 208 



Figure 357. Gold figure of a bird with a fish held in its beak and with conventional- 

 ized alligator heads serving as tufts. Heye collection. 'A ... 208 

 Figure 358. Small bird figurine in gold, its head adorned with two conventionalized 



alligator heads. Heye collection. 'A ....... 208 



Figure 359. Small gold figurine of a bird ; a. dorsal view ; b. profile view. 'A . 209 



Figure 360. Gold figure of the jaguar. 'A ....... 209 



Figure 361. Gold image of an apelike monster with two heads. 'A . . 209 



Figure 362. Small gold image of an ape. Heye collection. 'A . . . . 209 



Figure 363. Seated human figure fashioned from a gold nugget. 'A . . 213 



Figure 364. Standing human figure fashioned from a gold nugget. 'A . . . 213 



Figure 365. Image of "pure gold" representing the alligator-god. (After Holmes.) 214 



Figure 366. Gold figure of the alligator-god. Heye collection. 'A ... 215 



Figure 367. Image of gold representing the alligator-god; from the Huacal de los 



Reyes, Rio General, near Terraba, Costa Rica. Keith collection. '/ . . 215 



Figure 368. Gold figure of the alligator-god; from the Huacal de los Reyes, Rio 



General, near Terraba, Costa Rica. Keith collection. '/ ... 215 



Figure 369. Gold image representing the parrot-god. Heye collection. 'A . . 217 



Figure 370. Gold figure of the parrot-god. Heye collection. 'A ... 218 



Figure 371. Gold figure of the parrot-god. Heye collection. 'A ... 218 



