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much as Id John's own elaborate signature on the reverse side of the paper. In 

 this line the words are arranged as follows : 



(Playmate's given name) 

 (Playmate's given name) 



(Playmate's surname) 



(&) Second line. — The fairly well-written given name and the grossly mis- 

 spelled last name of the playmate, in a relatively neat writing. The last half 

 of the playmate's given name is partly obliterated by means of the superim- 

 posed cipher "0." 



(c) Third line. — The scribbled given name of the playmate, with the initial 

 written twice, as in "PPeter." 



These three lines are parallel with the 9-inch side of the 6X9 sheet, and the 

 writing is very large. (Tall letters, 2 inches ; short letters, nearly 1 inch.) 



It will be noted that, while using this sheet, John had rotated the paper at 

 least twice, after using it in the normal position. While using the paper's 

 front surface, he rotated it clockwise 180° before writing the playmate's given 

 name. Before writing on the reverse side, there was a 45° counterclockwise 

 rotation of the paper." 



The fact that the playmate's name was written more often than John's own 

 name is probably significant, and may represent a kind of self -depreciation. By 

 contrast, the repeated misspelling of the playmate's name and its partial 

 obliteration by means of the cipher "0" probably reflect hostile impulses. 



(B) 8y2 X 11 unruled sheet (pi. 1,1)): 



This sheet of paper contains drawings of two heads, an extremely elaborate 

 capital "A" somewhat similar in design to an "Athletic Letter," five of John's 

 normally written signatures, of which only one is really neat, a surprisingly 

 neat quasi-"mirror signature" (i.e., nhoj htims) without capital letters, another 

 legible signature with a crooked arrow pointing at the "sandwich nose" design, 

 the given name of the playmate with a crooked arrow pointing at the "jugeared" 

 design, the genuine signature of another male playmate, a genuine signature of 

 the educated adult, two complete and quite clumsy attempts of John to imi- 

 tate the adult's signature, plus two attempts at imitating only the first two 

 letters of that signature, and finally, the true "mirror-writing" hand-"printed" 

 surname of the educated adult, written, at John's request, by the adult in 

 question. 



(a) Portrait of playmate. — In this drawing the playmate has old-fashioned 

 feminine bangs covering the forehead, small "piggy" eyes, a huge, "potato" nose, 

 and a long, thin mouth, with part of the lower lip covered by three huge rabbit- 

 like upper incisors."* The entire face, up to the zygomatic arches, is covered by 

 what seems to be a stubbly beard, drawn in a manner which corresponds to the 

 way in which John drew the stubbly hair of his "weeping" self-portrait. The 

 playmate's portrait also includes huge jug ears, practically no chin, a rather 

 scrawny neck covered with stubbles, and a portion of the shoulders, approxi- 

 mately down to tlie clavicles, clothed in what appears to be a checkered shirt. 

 The facial expression is that of a grinning moron, and probably implies a deprecia- 

 tion of the playmate. 



(6) Self-portrait. — The head is drawn in full profile and faces left. It is 

 topped by a hat somewhat resembling a "beanie," with uptilted front and rear 

 peaks. The hair is normal. The eyes are wide open and have a pleased but 

 startled expression. The collar is that of a plain white shirt. (Identification 

 with the adult?) The nose, shaped exactly like a frankfurter, juts horizontally 



"^For a discussion of Mohave clockwise and counterclockwise circuits, see Kroeber 

 (1948). 

 ^ The phallic shape of these three incisors is quite conspicuous. 



