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USE OF GOLD AND OTHER METALS 



nincli spirit and in greatly varying sizes, degree of elaboration, and style 

 of presentation. It is probable that a number of species are represented. 

 In Fig. 13 we Lave a large, rather plain specimen, now in the Jfational 



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Fig 13. Lai ge figure of a frog, in base metal plated with gold. 



Museum. The body and limbs are concave beneath, the metal being 

 about one-sixteenth of an inch thick. The teeth are suggested by a 

 number of perforations encircling the jaws and the eyes are minute 

 hawk bells containing pellets of metal. The legs are placed in charac- 

 teristic positions, and the hind feet are broad plates without indica- 

 tions of toes, a characteristic of these golden frogs. The framework or 

 foundation is of copper, apparently nearly pure, and the surface is 

 plated with thin sheet gold, which tends to flake off as the copper foun- 

 dation corrodes. 

 The minute delicately finished example given in Fig. 14 contrasts 



Fig. 14. Small figure of a frog, in base metal platotl with gold. 



stronglj^ with the preceding. It is also of base metal plated with pure 

 gold, and belongs to the collection of Mr. Stearns. 



