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THE COLLECTION OF OSTEOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM MACHU PICCHU. 



same diffidence himself, can be induced to pose with the dog in his arms, the latter will often 

 prove a most elusive and vanishing subject. Although I tried many times, the best dog 

 picture I could secure is reproduced in text-figure 47. 



The lady buried in Grave 26 was well provided with personal articles and potten,-. Her 

 bronzes and her two plant-spine needles are shown on Plate I, some shreds of woolen and 

 vegetable fabrics on Plate III, figures 15, 16 and 17, and her three very choice pieces of 

 pottery on Plate VI. The catalogue numbers of these articles will be found in the explana- 

 tions of the plates and therefore need not be quoted here. The only other artifact from 

 the grave is a small problematic object made from a seed (M. P. 775). I have not 

 attempted to figure it. As a rule, long bronze shawl pins similar to those found in this 

 grave are associated with female remains only. Evidence of the lady's careful toilet may 



Figure 22. — View N.N.W. from the Rock-sheltered Terrace, showing the ruins of Machii Picchu and the 

 cloud-capped mountains of the north wall of the Urubamba Caiion. Photograph bj' the author. 



be seen in the small bronze tweezers, and possibly also in the dainty and minute bronze 

 curette with its ornamental head in the design of a flying bird. It is interesting to note 

 that while Baessler* has applied the general term loffel to a wide range of spoon-like 

 objects including pieces of this class, Wienerf regarded such implements as cure-oreilles. 

 The concave mirror is an interesting object, and may have special significance with regard 

 to the lady's rank and office. A concave mirror is not only more difficult to make 

 than a flat mirror, but is a far less convenient toilet article. .\ more suitable use is not far 

 to seek. There is a tradition that in the old days of prosperity under the Inca Empire, on 

 certain ceremonial occasions, the High Priestess or Mother Superior of the Virgins of the 



* Altpcruanischc Mctallgcrate. 

 t Perou Et Bolivie. 



