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besides the jaguar, the special h)cal deity, a man whose face is held 

 by the jaws of a bird; that is, the g-od who came down tVom 



Fig. 70. Zapotcc relief frasments from Teotitl.in. 



heaven in the form of a bird. A sharply defined feather crest on the 

 top of the head is seen here, as in the pottery idols of the Maciiil- 



