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found to cover the mouth of a bell-hke cist, nearly 3 feet in diameter 

 and about 5 feet in depth. On opening the cist, which was shghtly 

 narrower at the bottom than at the top, it was found to be nearly 

 half filled with very fine brown dust, at the bottom of which lay a 

 roughly made circular urn 18 inches in diameter, covered by a 

 mushroom-shaped lid. 



The ui-n was filled to the top with small crudely executed pottery 

 figurines of men and animals. There were 49 of these in all, con- 

 sisting of 4 warriors, with shield and spear, 3 seated human figures, 

 4 standing figures (eating and famiing themselves), 4 lizards, 4 alli- 

 gators, 4 snakes, 4 birds, . 4 dragon- 

 like creatures, 4 tigers, and 14 quashes 

 or picotes. The warriors (pi. 8) are 

 represented in a crouching position, 

 with the right knee and left foot 

 upon the ground; each holds in the 

 right hand a small spear and on the 

 left forearm a circular shield.^ Two 

 of them exhibit tusk-like objects pro- 

 jecting from their mouths. The fig- 

 ures are 4 ^ inches high ; they are painted 

 in red and white throughout. The 

 headdress consists of a boat-shaped 

 cap worn with the bow and stern pro- 

 jecting over the ears. The seated 

 figures (pi. 9; fig. 15) are each 6 inches 

 in height ; these are painted through- 

 out in red, white, and green. Each 

 is seated upon a low four-legged stool, 

 and grasps in one hand by its greatly 

 enlarged spatulate glans the project- 



FiG. 15.— Figurine from Mound No. 1. . . i • i i • • i 



mg penis, on which he is seemmgly per- 

 forming some sort of surgical operation with a long knife held m the 

 other hand. 



The headdress consists of a mitre-hke erection in front, with a 

 long queue hanging down to the waist behind. Button-hke labrets 

 are worn on each side of the mouth in two of the figures, and all wear 

 large circular ear plugs. The standing figures (fig. 16) are each 5i 

 inches high, and had been painted throughout in red and white, 

 though not much of the original color now remains. The headdress 

 consists of a broad flat cap decorated in front with a row of circular 

 beads, and on each side with a large tassel, which hangs down over 

 the ear plugs. Each figure wears a small narrow maj^^Zi and button-like 

 labrets at each angle of the mouth. In one of the figures the right 



1 Tenian languelas cortas de un esfado con los hierros de fuerte pedemal . . . Tenian para su defensa 

 rodelas que hazian de eanas hendidas, y muy texidas redondas y guamecidas de cueros de venados.— Landa, 

 op. cit., pp. 170-172. 



