264 THE ANCIENT INDIAN POTTERY OF MARAJO, BRAZIL. 
There are two or three disk-shaped objects in the collection, 
which were probably used as covers to the jars. One of these 
has on one side curious engraved figures, which do not appear to 
be mere ornaments, but to be of a hieroglyphic character. This I 
am unable to figure here, but I shall describe it in another paper. 
Of images or idols there are several in the collection, the most 
being in a more or less fragmentary condition. The largest of the 
specimens is represented in fig. 67. The body is nearly cylindri- 
cal, with two projecting knobs at the base for feet. A constriction 
represents the neck. The head was made quite round at first, but 
the after application of a high, wide, and angular ridge of clay, 
running completely over it from side to side, gives it a flat look. 
This ridge ends abruptly on each side at the neck and is there pro- 
Fig. 66. Fig. 67. duced slightly outward. The 
brows and nose are represented 
by a T-shaped ridge of clay, ap- 
plied in the same way as the 
crest; the eyes and mouth are 
simply round prominences. The 
brow and nose and the right eye 
have scaled off from this figure. 
The material is red clay with a 
wash of white. The surface is 
á very rough, and the whole is very 
Tudien: Ioi Marao. rudely made. The figure, from 
its weight, is evidently hollow, as were most of the others. The 
height is five and a half inches. 
The figure represented in outline in fig. 66, is solid.. It is ex- 
ceedingly rudely made of coarse clay, full of sandgrains. The 
features are very indistinct. The brows and nose are represented 
by a T-shaped ridge. Slight projections from the shoulders hint 
at arms, and at the base are two irregular prominences as in fig. 
67. The extreme flatness of the head is remarkable. In front 
is a hole, but whether accidental, or purposely made, I cannot 
determine. The height of the figure is about three and a half 
inches. 
The same type of head and features recurs in the larger and 
more artistically finished head, of which fig. 68, is a represen- 
tation. This last is also flattened, and shows the same trans- 
verse crest which, just opposite the eyes, is bent forward on each 
side. The united brows and nose form a wide, prominent, T- 
