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ANIMAL FIGURES IN THE MAYA CODICES 



665-666) and by Gordon (1898, PI. III). Seler (1904a) has^ 

 discussed the presence of this god among the Mayas, the 

 Zapotecs, and the Nahuas. The bat does not seem to oc- 

 cur in the Maya manuscripts as a god, although there are 

 glyphs which seem to refer to this god (Dresden 17b), as^ 

 pointed out by Seler, when there is no other representation, 

 of this deity. 



No doubt in the times of the Maya civilization, these bats 

 haunted the temples by day as they do now, and thus became 

 readily endowed with a religious significance. 



Capuchin Monkey {Cehus capucinus, — C. hypoleucus 

 Auct.) With the possible exception of one or two figures,. 



Fig. 15. 

 POTTERY WHISTLE, APE. FROM ULOA VALLEY, HONDURAS. 



mmikeys (Maya, maas or baao) are not represented in the 

 Maya codices examined. In Tro-Cortesianus 88c (PI. 39, 

 fig. 4) occurs a curious nondescript animal with what seem 

 to be hoofs on the forefeet, a somewhat bushy tail of moderate- 

 length, and a head that appears to be distinctly bonneted,, 

 somewhat as in the representations of the capuchin. Stem- 

 pell regards this as a monkey, though recognizing that the- 

 short bushy tail is unlike that of any Central American 

 species. The figure seems quite as likely a peccary or possibly 

 a combination of a deer with some other animal. A glyph 

 (PI. 39, fig. 5) found directly above the figure just referred 



