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signifying the "tying of the years," and hence a period, as a luster, or 

 Katun, or possibly the joining of two years. 



The conic figure (Fig. 46), always found in the mouth of an individual, 

 I take to be a cigar (chamal). On Plate XXVI* it is represented with the 

 larger end black at the tip, and red behind this for a short distance, which, 

 together Avith the dotted lines representing smoke, show that it is on fire.^ 



' The figure is not exactly correct, as it shows a narrow ring at the end of the cigar, white, with 

 a broader black ring behind it. The white ring should be black and the black ring simply shaded to 

 represent the red portion. 



