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COPAN. 



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Stoxe Head in the British Museum, said to hate come from Copak. 



Stela C. (Plates XXXIX. to XLI.) 



[Compare Stephens's ' Central America,' vol. i. p. 155 ; and Catherwood's 



Views, Plate 4.] 



Approximate height 11 feet 10 inches. Average breadth 3 feet 6 inches. 



This is a broken monolith (C, Plate I.) which faced east and west, and must have 

 been one of the most elaborately carved of the whole series. 



The part still standing has suffered from fire, and much of the surface has flaked off. 

 The principal figure on the east side is shown in Plate XL. The head is beardless. 



With the help of pulleys and improvised shear-legs we were with difficulty able to 

 raise the fallen portion so as to enable me to mould the glyphs on the underside, and 

 to obtain the photograph of the figure on the west side which is given in Plate XXXIX. 



The features have suffered much mutilation, but it is interesting to note the heavy 

 beard which covers the whole of the lower part of the face, a peculiarity which, so far 

 as I know, is not to be found on any other sculptured figure in Central America. 



