708 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
at Rio Janeiro. Although the U.S. National Museum contains many 
specimens of a similar character, some of which have been copied 
and published, the Brazilian types show an instructive peculiarity in 
the reduction of the face to certain main lines and finally to the eyes, 
so that the latter are placed apart and independent in a symmetric 
field. 
The following Figs. 1168 to 1174 are reproduced from Dr. Ladislau 
Netto (d), all of them being from Brazil and from 
paintings and carvings on Marajo ware. 
Fig. 1168 shows broken lines without the aid of 
curves, but gracefully attached to an instrument, 
Fig. 1168.Human face, @ither lance or trident, which present the outline 
reall of the contours of a face. 
The characters in Fig. 1169 are somewhat more elaborate. The eyes 
are decorated with lines and the contour of the face is round. 
Fia, 1169.—Human faces. Brazil. 
The characters in Fig. 1170 are carved human faces, some of which 
would not be recognized as such unless shown in the series. 
Fig. 1170.—Human faces. Brazil. 
The face in Fig. 1171 represents the horizontal projection or plan of 
a double-faced head. The central =4 represents 
in this case the top of the head, each of the shafts 
of the H being neither more nor less than the 
double arch of the eyebrows, joined to which the 
representation of the nose in a triangular figure 
may be recognized. The most noticeable point 
Fia. 1171.—Double-faced head. . Bintrrrce . : ofa : 5 
Brazil. iS that if this surface be applied in imagination to 
