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MALLERY.] GUATEMALA CROSSES. 731 
This would seem to be the undress substitute for the band and pendant. In front 
of the recumbent person stands the representation of a skeleton, quite well executed. 
Other points noticeable about this skeleton are the hair on the head and the fact 
that its hands are fleshy and the fingers and toes have nails. Like all representa- 
tions by these sculptures, the skeleton is also embellished with ornaments. 
From the back of the head emanate two objects similar to horns, which, if they 
were not differently ribbed, might represent flames. The ear is ornamented with a 
circular disk, with a pendant from its center. A double-rufiled collar surrounds the 
neck and a serpent encircles the loins. Both the shoulders and arms are enveloped 
in flames. From the mouth emanates a bent staff, touching the first of a row of ten 
circles. Beneath the second and third circles are five bars, three of which are hori- 
zontal. The lowest one is the longest, while the two upper ones are shorter and.of 
different lengths. On the uppermost of these bars rest two others, crossing each 
other obliquely, and touching with their upper ends two of the aforesaid circles. 
From the last of these circles descend serpentine lines, which touch the ground be- 
hind the recumbent person. 
Gustav Eisen, op. cit., describing Fig. 1236, says: 
From near Santa Lucia, Guatemala, is a stone tablet, most likely a sepulehral 
tablet, having in its center a forced dead head, with outstretched tongue. Above 
the same are seen two crossed bars, perhaps meant to represent two crossed bones. 
Fic. 1236.—Cross. Guatemala. 
W. F. Wakeman (a) makes the following remarks: 
A cross was used by the people of Erin as a symbol of some significance at a pe- 
riod long antecedent to the mission of St. Patrick or the introduction of Christianity 
to this island. It is found, not unfrequently, amongst the scribings picked or carved 
upon rock surfaces and associated with a class of archaic designs, to the meaning 
of which we possess no key. * * * It may be seen on prehistoric monuments in 
America, on objects of pottery found by Dr. Schliemann at Hissarlik and at Mycene, 
and, in more than one form, on pagan Roman altars still preserved in Germany and 
