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INDIAN ANTIQUITIES. 



52. Ditto, white and transparent (crystalline). 



53. Ditto, lesser size, black, witli dark-green spots. 



Ear theme are. 



For the purposes of classification and description, the articles are arranged in groups, accord- 

 ing to the principal material in each, while the accompanying illustrations may be viewed as 

 so many pattern-cards of pottery, stoneware, hardware, works in silver," gold, "and chamjai, 

 (said to be an alloy of copper and gold, or of copper and silver). 



The first figure, a, is of special interest, from its historical associations, and the light it 

 reflects upon one of the modes by which Peruvians perpetuated the features and characters of 

 prominent men. A drinking-vessel of a reddish clay, it stands nine inched liigh, has an 

 internal depth of six inches, and is two inches across the mouth. It belongs to a class of vessels 

 of which, it is supi>osed, there are not over two or three extant, viz : vase-busts. It represents 

 the head of the famous Cacique Rum'mhauy. The features are strongly developed, and with 

 indisputable traits of an individual's portrait. A deep wound is shown on the right cheek ; 

 the eyes and upper teeth are prominent ; a front tooth is left out, and the place for it distinctly 

 marked. The hair is dressed in plaited cords. The ears are small, unpierced, and well modelled, 



