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57. Vessel with " Cloisonne" Decoration in Heavy Pigments . 167 



58. The Turtle Motive as developed in Negative Painting with 



Wax at Totoate, Jalisco 168 



59. Jaguar Head on Disk-Shaped Stone. Salvador . ... 169 



60. Front View and Profile View Seipen*: Heads in Chorotegan 



Art 172 



61. Jaguar Design associated with Figurines that still retain 



Archaic Characters. Costa Rica 173 



62. Jaguars from painted Nicoyan Vases 173 



63. Highly Conventionalized Jaguar Motive 175 



64. Simple Crocodile Figures in Red Lines on Dishes from 



Mercedes, Costa Rica 176 



65. Panels containing Crocodiles painted in White Lines on 



Large Tripod Bowls from Mercedes, Costa Rica . . . 176 



66. Simplified Crocodile Heads in the Yellow Line Ware of Mer- 



cedes, Costa Rica 176 



67. Conventional Crocodiles from Costa Rica and Panama . . 177 



68. Pictographic Record of the Conquest of the Springs of 



Chapultepec 185 



69. Details from the Stone of Tizoc 198 



70. Detail showing the Construction of the Face of Coatlicue . 201 



71. Hieroglyphs of Precious Materials 201 



72. Phonetic Elements derived from Pictures and used in Mexican 



Place Name Hieroglyphs 202 



73. Aztecan Place Names 202 



74. Aztecan Day Signs 203 



75. Variant Forms of Aztecan Day Signs 204 



76. Aztecan Numbers and Objects of Commerce . . . . . 204 



77. Analysis of Mexican Record 207 



78. Chalchuihtlicue, Aztecan Goddess of Water 209 



79. A Mexican Orchestra 218 



80. Mexican Blanket with the Design representing Sand and 



Water 220 



81. The Year Symbol of Southern Mexico 222 



82. Year Bearers in the Codex* Porfirio Diaz ascribed to the 



Cuicatecan Tribe 222 



83. A Page from the Codex Nuttall, recording the Conquest of a 



Town situated on an Island of the Sea 223 



84. The God Macuilxochitl, Five Flower, as shown in a Mexican 



Codex and in Pottery from Southern Mexico . . . 225 



