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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I914 



51 



Fig. 51. — Quiche Indians at fire worship, San Tomas de Chichicastenango. 

 The worshipper stands or squats in front of the fire and mutters his prayers 

 into the rising smoke of his burning copal cakes. 



Fig. 52. — 1914 excavations on the temple at the north side of the Temple Court, 

 Quirigua, Guatemala. 



