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Figure 333.— Bead evidently made from a gold nugget. 'A .... 201 



Figure 334. — Gold bead. '/■ ......... 201 



Figure 335. — Cylindrical bead made of sheet gold. '/■ . . . , 201 



Figures 336—338. — Cylindrical gold beads. '/> . . . . . . , 201 



Figure 339.— Gold ornament, to be worn as a labret or earring. Heye collection. '/> 201 

 Figure 340.— Fine gold bell surmounted by an animal form ; the pellet inside is a 



gold nugget. '/>........... 201 



Figure 341.— Gold figurine of a fish. Metropolitan Museum, New York. '/« . . 202 



Figure 342.— Figurine of a deer in base metal plated with low-grade gold. Heye 



collection. V> .......... 202 



Figure 343.— Small gold figurine of the armadillo. Heye collection. 'A . . 202 



Figure 344.— Gold figurine of a frog; a.— dorsal view; b.— profile view. '/■ . . 202 



Figure 345.— Two united images of the frog in base metal plated with gold; from 



El Banco. 'A •■•••..... 203 



Figure 346.— Two gold figurines of the frog united by bands of twisted wire. 'A . 203 



Figure 347. — Gold image of a frog; ceramic type. • '/■ . . . . , 203 



Figure 348.— Gold image of a frog. Metropolitan Museum, New York. 3 A . . 204 



Figure 349. — Simplified alligator figurine in low-grade gold. 'A . . . 204 



Figure 350.— Gold image of an alligator holding in its mouth a human leg; from 



Pueblo Viejo. Heye collection. 'A ...... 204 



Figure 351.— Large massive gold image of an alligator. New York Public Library 



(Lenox Foundation), '/« ........ 205 



Figure 352.— Bat-shaped image in fine gold. New York Public Library (Lenox 



Foundation). '/« ......... 205 



Figure 353.— Large image of a bird in an alloy of copper, gold and silver. V> . 206 



Figure 354. — Gold figure of a bird, the head surmounted by snake heads. '/» . 207 



Figure 355.— Gold figure of a bird, the tufts being made of coiled wire ; a.— ventral 



view; b. — profile view. 'A ........ 207 



Figure 356.— Gold image of a bird with large wing-shaped tufts, holding a small rep- 

 tile in its beak. Heye collection. '/> . . . , . . _ 208 

 Figure 357.— Gold figure of a bird with a fish held in its beak and with conventional- 

 ized alligator heads serving as tufts. Heye collection. 'A ... 208 

 Figure 358.— Small bird figurine in gold, its head adorned with two conventionalized 



alligator heads. Heye collection. 'A . . . . . , _ 208 



Figure 359.— Small gold figurine of a bird; a.— dorsal view; £.— profile view. 'A . 209 



Figure 360. — Gold figure of the jaguar. 'A ...... 209 



Figure 361. — Gold image of an apelike monster with two heads. 'A . . . 209 



Figure 362. — Small gold image of an ape. Heye collection. 'A . . . 209 



Figure 363.— Seated human figure fashioned from a gold nugget. 'A . . . 213 



Figure 364. — Standing human figure fashioned from a gold nugget. 'A . . . 213 



Figure 365.— Image of "pure gold" representing the alligator-god. (After Holmes.) 214 



Figure 366. — Gold figure of the alligator-god. Heye collection. 'A 215 

 Figure 367. — Image of gold representing the alligator-god; from the Huacal de los 



Reyes, Rio General, near Terraba, Costa Rica. Keith collection. 'A . . 215 



Figure 368.— Gold figure of the alligator-god; from the Huacal de los Reyes, Rio 



General, near Terraba, Costa Rica. Keith collection. '/< . . .215 



Figure 369. — Gold image representing the parrot-god. Heye collection. 'A . . 217 



Figure 370.— Gold figure of the parrot-god. Heye collection. 'A ... 218 



Figure 371. — Gold figure of the parrot-god. Heye collection. 'A ... 218 



