MALLERY.] CEREMONIAL GARB. 431 
In the Verhandl. der Berliner Gesellsch. fiir Anthrop. (a) is the 
illustration from which Fig. 556 is reproduced. It shows a group of 
Bella Coola Indians, which is made interesting by the elaborate cere- 
monial coat worn by the middle figure in the foreground. 
Fic. 556.—Bella Coola Indians 
Dr. S. Habel (c) gives the following description of Fig. 557, which 
reproduces only the upper part of the sculpture: 
The design represents in low relief an erect human figure in profile, with the head 
and shoulders slightly inclined forward. The body is apparently naked, excepting 
Fig. 557.—Guatemala priest. 
those portions which are concealed by elaborate ornaments, the most prominent of 
which is a crab covering the head. Since there is every reason to believe the figure 
to represent a priest, the crab may be taken as the emblem of priestly rank. 
Pls. LXv and Lxvi of the Codex Mendoza, in Vol. 1 of Lord Kings- 
borough’s Antiquities of Mexico, exhibit the devices and insignia of 
