UKNbliAW.] 



HUMAN SCULPTURES. 



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Fig. 34. 



Humau Carvings from the Mounds. 



Could the many other stone and terracotta sculptures of the human 

 face which have been ascribed to tlie Mound-Builders be reproduced here 

 it would be seen that the specimens illustrated above are among- the very 

 best. In not a few, traces of the grotesque are distinctly visible, and 

 there is little in their appearance to suggest that they had a different 

 origin or contain a deeper meaning than similar productions found 

 among present Indians. As each of the many carvings difl'er more or 

 less from every other, it will at once be perceived that the advocates of 

 diflereut theories can readily find in the series abundant testimony in 

 support of any and all assumptions they may choose to advance. 



