OBJECTS FROM CEMPOALAN AND XICO 



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PADLOCK STONES 



The problematical objects from the Totonac region include certain 

 stones recalling- in shape common padlocks, circular in form, with fiat 

 surfaces and margins, each with a triangular opening excentrically 

 placed. These stones may be conventional forms of Huaxtec idols. 

 In their less conventionalized form those problematical objects recall 



Fm. f»7. Paddle-shaped stone with 

 dancing figure; reverse of a, plate 

 cxvi. (Dehesa collection.) 



of a. plate 



stone idols, .•esembling an aged man leaning on a staff, as shown in 

 figure 69, an idol believed to be characteristically Huaxtec in origin 

 and limited to the Huaxtec territory in its distribution, although some- 

 times found in regions adjoining that in which this culture Hourished 

 in ancient times. 



