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in d. The other has the form of a beast of prey, a pitzotl (coati) or 

 something of the sort. 



The Sarg collection contains the beautiful vessel from Coban (a, 

 figure 24), which represents a toad, and another vessel of the^ie kind 



Fig. 24. Ornamented bowls from Guatemala. 



from Zamac, near Coban, which, it seems, is intended to represent a 

 monke}^ but the front part of it is unfortunately broken off. These 

 vessels appear to be more frequent in Yucatan. The Archbishop of 

 Merida, Dr Crescentio Carrillo y Ancona, describes a similar vessel, in 



