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AN AZTECK IDOL, 



IN BASALT, 



FOUND IN THE 



VALLEY OF MEXICO. 

 PLATE XL. 



This small idol in porous basalt, which I have 

 deposited in the cabinet of the king of Prussia, 

 reminds us of the statue of the priestess, placed 

 at the head of this part of our work *. We find 

 the same head-dress, which resembles the calan- 

 tica of the heads of Isis ; the pearls of California, 

 which surround the forehead ; and the bag tied 

 with a knot, and terminated by two appendages 

 that reach to the middle of the body. The cir- 

 cular hole in the breast appears to have served 



* Vol. xiii, plate 1 and 2, page 43. 



