680 MOUNDS IN NORTHERN HONDURAS [ETH. ANN.19 
figure 7), was discovered. This urn was 12 inches in height and 46 
inches in circumference at its widest part; it was made of smooth, 
hard pottery, having a uniform thickness of three-sixteenths of an 
inch; it was unpainted and unglazed, was without a cover, and con- 
sequently was full of limestone dust. It rested on the layer of hard 
cement immediately underlying the layer in which it was buried. This 
urn, unlike the others, was not inclosed ina stone cyst, and was unfor- 
tunately much damaged by a blow of the pickax. Placed all around 
and above the urn, within 2 inches of it, were found 10 small painted 
pottery animals and two flint spear heads. The animals consisted of 

Fic. 7—Pottery urns from mounds 2, 5, and 6, Santa Rita. 
four tigers, five turtles, and one double-headed animal, probably 
intended to represent an alligator. Two of the animals were placed 
at each of the four cardinal points around the urn and two above it. 
The tigers, of which one is represented in figure 6, plate xXxx1v, are 44 
inches in height, and are painted red all over. They are represented 
as sitting up on their hind legs, with their mouths open and tongues 
protruding. Each animal is hollow and has a small round hole in the 
center of the back communicating with the interior. One tiger was 
placed on either side of the urn. All were precisely alike in size and 
coloring. Of the turtles (see figure 6, plate xxxim, and figure 1, plate 
XXXV) five were found. One was placed on either side of the urn 
