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A STUDY OF CHIRIQUIAN ANTIQUITIES. 



Mycenae, 224 

 Mycetes, 110 



Mythology. Chiriquian, 212, 216, 232, Greek, 

 210, Mayan, 182, 184; Mexican, 232 



Nahuatl, 15 



National Museum, (U.S.), 22, 100, 151, 156, 

 160; of San Jose, 209, 216, 224 



Needle, 197 



Needle-cases, 104, 124, 164 



Nelson, William, 14 



Neolithic period, 45 



Nequen, a coarse net for catching swine, 7 



New Andalusia, 4 



New England, cemeteries of, 220 



New Granada, 1, 15, 141 



New York, 32, 193, 200-202, 204, 205 



Nicaragua, 2, 6, 7, 15, 189, 223, 232 



Nicaraguan pottery, 174 



Nicoya, 17, 26, 42, 43, 159, 160, 220, 221, 

 228, 232 ; peninsula of, 26 ; province of, 27. 



Nicoyan amulets, 39 ; culture, 232 ; grinding 

 stone, 33 ; type of metate, 27 



Nicuesa, Diego de, 1, 4 



Nisca, 7 



Nombre de Dios, 4 



North America, 15 



Northumbrian petroglyphs, 43 



Numi, 16 



Numismatic and antiquarian Society of Phila- 

 delphia, 215 



Nufiez, Vasco (see Balboa) 



Nuttall, Zelia, 161 



Nyctipilhecus, 110 



Obaldia, Senor, 141 



Obsidian, 23, 228 



Ocarina, 170 



Ocelots, 35 



Ohio, 34 



Ornithomorphic amulet, 41, 42, 220, 221; 



character, 145; vessel, 146 

 Oro, Castilla del, 4, 6, 189, 205 

 Orosi, Costa Rica, 92 

 Orotiftans, 15 

 Otis, F. M., 192, 193 

 Outina, 226 

 Oviedo y Valdes, Gonzalo Fernandez de, 1, 



7, 8, 43, 194, 231 

 Owl, 87-89, 148, 170 



Owl supports, 87 

 Owl-like heads, 62 



Pachacamac, tomb at, 197 



Pacific Coast, 17 



Pacific Ocean, 4, 5, 6, 8, 227 



Painted Handled group, 76-80 



Painted Pandled ware, 74, 77-80 



Painted stone, 43 



Painting, systems of, 157, 230 



Paleolithic engraving, 56 , frescoes, 56 ; period, 



45 ; sculpture, 56 

 Pan, god, 210 

 Panama, 1, 2, 6-8, 14, 15, 26, 38, 57, 144, 



160, 181, 184, 190, 192, 202, 204 

 Panama Canal, 4, 8; French Company, 14 

 Panama Indians, 48 

 Panama Railroad Company, 38 

 Panama Venus, 38, 162 

 Pantheon, gods of Hindu, 218 

 Paraguay, 57 

 Paris, 19 



Parrot, 148, 170, 173, 174, 194, 206, 218, 219, 221 

 Parrot-god, 121, 217-220, 223, 232 

 Parrot, gold, 42 

 Partridge, 170, 176 

 Paso Real, 87 

 Pasto, 15 

 Peabody Museum of Harvard University, 151, 



152, 154 

 Peccary, 168 

 Pedrarias (see Davila) 

 Pellets,50,51,55,68,75,82,85,95,143,l78,182,183, 



219; calcareous concretions as, 51 ; clay, 51, 



68; copper, 68; gold, 201, 207; metal, 198, 



200 



Peru, 15, 46, 72, 104, 189, 197, 227, 228 

 Peruvian art, 159, 185, 210; influence, 53; 



skulls, 14; pottery figurine, 186 

 Pestle, 16, 21, 34, 194 

 Petroglyphs, 21, 43, 44, 227, 232; Colombia, 



44 ; Northumbrian and Scottish, 43 ; Porto 



Rican, 44 ; Venezuela, 44 

 Phenicians, purple of ancient, 160 

 Phidian age, 56 

 Philadelphia, 216 

 Philadelphia, Numismatic and Antiquarian 



Society of, 193, 215 

 Phytomorphic type 53 ; vessels, 56 

 Picture writing, Mayan, 66 ; Mexican, 126 



