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are many local differences in some of the Toltec figurines, in spite of 

 the fact that many types are identical, whether found at San Juan 

 Teotihuacan or in the Valley of Mexico. 



The usual tjq^es of arms and legs, many of them perforated for 

 attachment to bodies, are well represented at this site. 



Aztec type. — Heads of this type are very few in number. Plate 



12, a, shows a head with a typical Aztec headdress found well above 

 the floor of Room IX and the head on plate 12, &, came from above 

 the floor of Room II. Plate 12, c, c?, shows a female form with curious 

 indentations above the breasts. These are Aztec and were found witli 

 several others above Floor A. They are not uncommon in other parts 

 of the valley. An extremely crude head is shown in plate 12, e. 

 As it came from the asli deposit beneath Room XI it probably dates 

 back to the Toltec period. Plate 12, /, is a grotesque witli open 

 mouth and bulbous nose. 



Animal figurines. — There is a comparatively small number of 

 animal forms. Plate 12, ^, shows what appears to be the head of 

 some animal attached to a body. The upper legs are broken off. 

 The body is perforated at the bottom for the attachment of the lower 

 legs. Plate 12, A, is an owl design, more common as a form of head- 

 dress in the Toltec figures. Plate 13, a, is evidently an ocelotl and is 

 painted red. The point of attachment to an olla is behind the 

 head. This as well as the owl head is from the Toltec culture. 

 Plate 13, 2», c, are probably heads of deer. The latter is clearly Aztec. 

 It was once attached to the edge of an olla (see Boas Album, pi. 59, 7) . 

 Plate 13, r/, has the head of an animal, although the teeth appear 

 human. An interesting type of animal figurine is shown in plate 



13, e. Several of these were found. The body is hollow and some of 

 them show four perforations near the bottom, evidently for the at- 

 tachment of legs. They are Aztec. Serpent heads (pi. 13, /) are 

 common. They are from the Aztec culture and form in most 

 instances the ends of the handles of incense burners. 



"Adornos." — The term " adornos '' has been given to the clay fig- 

 ures which are usually combined in large numbers to form large 

 incense burners. Seiior Gamio, working under the auspices of the 

 School near Atzcapotzalco, was fortunate in finding two of these 

 braseros complete. They consist of a large dish on a stand together 

 with a cover. From the top of the cover there extends a chimney 

 which furnishes a draft for the burning incense within. On this 

 chimney as a foundation there is built up a superstructure of flat 

 pieces of clay around a human face in the center. On this framework 

 a large number of the adornos are attached. These decorations 

 are all made in molds. The most common forms are rosettes with 

 or without an open center, representations of feathers, tassels, shells. 



