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ending in some animal form, as an eagle, American tiger, or a fish. 
One of these ornaments which is met with in every case is in the 
form of a sheathed scimitar. 
“This variety is again noticable in the ornamentation of the 
ear, which assume the form of rings, embossed disks, tassels, etc., 
and of the neck, which may be a single band, a double collar, a 
ring with pendant tassel, or a necklace of many rows of beads or 
“ Generally the wrist of but one hand is adorned with a bracelet, 
which is either made of some textile fabric or consists of rows of 
stone or metal beads. The other hand is inclosed in a human 
skull or in that of a fierce animal. If these are the skulls of im- 
molated victims, we have here the evidence of the sacrifice of 
animals as well as of human beings. 
“ The waist above the hip, is surrounded by a broad stiff girdle, 
the upper portion which stands off from the body. On the back 
part of it is usually seen the head of a ferocious animal with. 
Open jaws replaced in one instance by a human head. From the 
lower edge of the forepart of the girdle descend two kinds of 
sashes, the one surrounding the thighs, the other tied in a bow- 
knot in front. The material of these sashes varies greatly. In 
one instance it appears to consist of leaves and flowers ; in another, 
that of the priest, it is replaced by a serpent. A twisted band 
tied in a bow replaces the girdle on the waists of the immolated 
victim. 
“The ornamentation of the leg deserves especial attention. A 
band with pyriform pendant encircles the right leg below the knee. 
A single pendant is attached to the band in all cases, excepting 
that of the person sitting ona throne, where the entire lower edge of 
the band visiblei pied by six pendants. From thiscircumstance 
this person is supposed to have been the chief, or grand master 
—to use a heraldic term—of an order of which the others were 
simply knights or laymen. The occurrence of the same orna- 
ment on the neck of the figure supposed to represent the sun, in- 
dicates that an order may‘ have existed in honor of the sun, and 
the members thereof may have been knights of the sun, who had 
their counterpart in the Virgins of the Sun in Peru. 
“ This instance of wearing a badge on the leg below the knee is 
remarkable in its resemblance to the Order of the Garter in Eng- 
and. It is impossible to suppose that one people imitated the 
other, but we have here a striking illustration of the develop- 
ment of similar thoughts and ideas in individuals and na- 
tions widely separated in time and space. This is further im- 
Pressed in the fact that these knights only wore their distinctions 
on high and festive occasions, or when adoring their gods; while 
on ordinary occasions, as with the sick man, a simple rosette 
ikes the place of the badge. ; ee eo 
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