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[bull. 28 



Lastljs we have a peculiar ornament in a picture of the death 

 god, 0, in the Dresden manuscript, page 10, above. 



It seems to be a necklace of feather work, from wdiich hangs the 



Fig. 126. E;u- oniaments and collars. 



sign of the death god, cimi. The figure is also interesting because it 

 distinctly shows us how the ear ornaments represented above (c\ d, e. 



Ear ornament and symbol. 



and /) are fastened in the ear, which is usually drawn disproportion- 

 ately large in the codices (see a, figure 127)." 



" The ear occnrs in the text as a glyph in the form of h^, flg. 127. Compare the repre- 

 sentations of the act of piercing the ear in the Troano codex, p. 18, above. 



