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CERTAIN ANTIQUITIES OF EASTERN MEXICO [eth. asn. 25 



chaniftcristic Totouac goddess Toci, Our Grandmother, one of the most 

 prominent supernatural beings of the Gulf Coast people of anrient 

 Mexico. 



CLAY OBJECTS FROJl BARKA CHACHALICA8 



The Barra Chachalicas, situated at the mouth of the Aotopan river, 

 only a few miles from Cempoalan, has yielded many archeologioal speci- 

 mens. The clay objects 

 found in this locality 

 are practically identical 

 with those from Cem- 

 poalan, and from them 

 we can oV)tain a fair 

 idea of the general 

 character of Totonac 

 ceramic ware in this 

 vicinity. 



A pottery specimen 

 (plate cxxiii, f^ /^),f rom 

 the Barra Chachalicas, 

 presented by SenorViu, 

 is made of tine brownish 

 clay, with a smooth 

 surface, painted red. 

 It has the form of a 

 human being wearing 

 a Totonac dress, and 

 apparently represents 

 a woman. On one 

 shoulder there is an 

 orifice through which 

 one may blow, making 

 a whistling sound. In 

 fact, this image is a 

 whistle in the form of 

 a human lieing. 



A number of clay 

 heads, large and small, 

 were found at the same 

 place as the preceding 

 effigies and images. These are identical with the heads from 

 Cempoalan, Otates, and other Totonac ruins. Similar clay images 

 once adorned the panels of the Cempoalan temples, especially 

 that called Caritas ("Small Heads") for this reason. One of 

 the most striking objects made of burnt clay, from this locality, is 

 the effigy (plate cxxiii, r) of a human being, the head and body 



