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The sex is masculine. The large ears are delicate sigmoid scrolls, one coil of 

 which is much greater than the other. The casting is quite thin. This same 

 type is found as far north as Mercedes, Costa Rica. 



A representation of the same deity, but with variations in the details of handling, 

 is shown in Plate XLIX (figs, c and c ')• It is immediately identified by the rattle 

 in the right hand and the flute held to the mouth by the left. The features are 

 carefully wrought. The end of the nose seems to be pierced by a short hori- 

 zontal rod. The face is set in a sort of frame, the lower end of which is missing. 

 From behind this frame protrudes the head-dress adorned with a number of 

 blunt horns. The median fluted piece at the top is a flattened and curved 

 loop that served as a means of suspension after the two scapula rings had 

 worn through. The figurine, which is thick although hollow and open at 

 the back, bears evidence of much wear. Since there was a ring for suspension 

 back of each shoulder, it was not thought necessary to extend the arms laterally 

 and flatten the feet. The sex is male. This may be the specimen of which 

 Mr. J. F. Bateman speaks in a communication to the American Ethnological 

 Society. 1 



A small specimen from the Lamson collection (fig. d) is reproduced here be- 

 cause it is apparently a kindred deity. The figure holds a rattle in each hand. 

 In this case, as well as in the three foregoing, it will be noted that the at- 

 titude of the arms suggests that the rattles are in action. The head is adorned 

 with two pairs of plumes. The band about the loins is conspicuous ; it seems 

 to have been applied to the figure and made fast by hammering down the free 

 ends at the back. The legs are flattened bars of gold, grooved both in front and 

 at the back, and are probably welded to the trunk. The rest of the figurine 

 appears to have been cast as one piece, with the possible exception of the loin- 

 girdle, the ring at the back and the rattles. The latter two may have been cast 

 first and added to the resin core previous to running the final mold. This spec- 

 imen has the outward appearance of being about 18 carats fine ; in reality it 

 is considerably less. The processes by which the surface was finished in a finer 

 quality of gold than the foundation is not definitely known. 



Belonging to the Heye collection is a figurine with features and head-dress 

 not unlike those of the foregoing ; it is reproduced in figure e. Here there is 

 but a single rattle, which contrary to custom is held in the left hand, the right 

 being extended downward almost parallel with the body. Another human figurine 

 in the Heye collection (fig. /) has a remarkable head-dress resembling the skil 

 of the Tlingit Indians. A similar head ornament, unfortunately broken, occurs 

 on one of the stone figurines of the Yale collection (see fig. 37), also on a gold 

 figurine from Mercedes, Costa Rica, recently collected by Mr. Keith. Both these 

 gold figurines are from Divala and are of rich yellow gold, the former being 

 approximately 20 carats fine. 



An unusual group consisting of two human figurines is in the Howland col- 

 lection at the Metropolitan Museum (fig. g). It is said to have been found in a 

 Chiriquian tomb, but looks more like the art of Colombia. The two images are 



1 Bulletin, I, 21, 1860-'61. 



