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says that they may be seen in David, where tliey are used for build- 

 ing purposes.^ but this is not confirmed by others. The sculptures are 

 said to be in relief, like those of Yucatan and Peru. Cullen says that 

 columns are found on tlie Island of Muerto, Bay of David. ^ Others 

 an- mentioned as having been seen in Veragua. 



/«(«r/c.s. — Objects that may properly be classed as images or idols 

 ari' of rather rare occiirrence. Half a dozen specimens are found in 

 the McNiel collections. The most important of these represents a 

 full length female figure twenty-three inches in height. It is executed 

 in tlie round, with considerable attempt at detail (Fig. 6). I may 

 mention, as stronj^ t li.ii.u ti listics. the flattened crown, encircled by 

 a narrow turban-liki limd th^ rather angular face and prominent 

 nose, and the form.il \>n^< n\ tlie arms and hands. Besides the liead 

 l)aud, the only othei sut;yesti(in ot ( ustume is a belt about the waist 



The material is a compact, slightly vesicular, olive gray, basaltic 

 rock. I liave seen a few additional examples of this figure, and from 

 the identity in type and detail c-onclude that the personage repre- 

 sented was probably an important one in the mythology of the Chii-i. 



'Seemann: Voy. Herald, Vol. I, p. 313. 

 -C^Ilen's Darien, p. 38. 



