HOLMEs.l FROG, ALLKiATOR. ETC. 47 



with the fish figure of Otis. Issuing from the mouth is tlie same 

 forked tongue, each part terminating in a serpent's head. The Ijody 

 is about two inches long and the back has five triangular 2)erfora- 

 tions. The tail is forked and the four leg-like members terminate 

 in conventional serpents' heads. The metal is pure or nearly pure 

 gold. 



The frog.— The frog appears in the plastic art of Chiriqui more 

 frequently perhaps than any other reptile. Its form is reproduced 

 with much spirit and in greatly varying sizes, dfi^rn's of I'lainn'aticjn, 

 and styles of presentation. It is probable that a niiinlici' of spccicsare 

 represented. In Fig. 37 we have a large, rather plain sjiei-iiiu'ii. ikjw 



Large figure of a frog in base metal plated with gold. 



ill tlie National Museum. The body and limbs are concave lieneath, 

 the metal being about one-sixteenth of an inch thick. Teeth are 



")g. in base metal platerl with gold. 



suggested by a number of perforations encircling the jaws and the 

 eyes are minute hawk bells containing pellets of metal. The legs are 



