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other localities which have come to my knowledge are here reproduced. Figure 63 
shows a metate given by Strebel in his ‘“‘ Alt Mexico,” Vol. II, Pl. XIV, Fig. 10. 
This metate was found in the region of Jalapa and Coatepec, in the state of Vera 
Fic. 63. Metate from the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 
Cruz. Strebel identifies the animal as ‘a frog or a lizard.” The metate illus- 
trated by Figures 64 and 65, which strikingly resembles the former, is supposed to 
have been obtained in Guatemala. It is contained in the famous collection of an- 
Fic. 64. Under side of metate in collection of Mr.George G. Heye. }. 
tiquities formerly belonging to Joseph Jones, now in the possession of Mr. George 
G. Heye of New York City. The figure plainly represents a puma or some allied 
animal. Length 36 em., breadth 27 cm. 
