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H II. 
No. 3 is a wax model, to a reduced scale, of the so-called 
sacrificial stone." The original is a cylindrical block of 
basalt, nine feet in diameter, and three feet in height, which now 
stands in the courtyard of the Museum at Mexico. It was 
found, in 1790, buried beneath the surface, in the great square, 
and when first discovered was overturned. 
New Mexico. 
A 42. 
No. 10 (S and D 473). A stone ball from Casa Blanca 
No. II (S and D 570). Fragment of a stone amulet. 
No. 12 (S and D 569). Small stone amulet in the form of a 
bear; such amulets are still worn by the Pimo Indians. 
No. 13 (S and D ig). Bone awl made from the fibula of a 
deer ; it was found in the river Gila. 
Cases E 7 & H 20. 
Pottery from Mexico. 
E 7. 
No. I (S and D 23). Vessel of brown ware, in the form of a 
puma, ornamented with incised lines ; beneath the throat is a 
cavity in which there is a loose clay ball to serve as a rattle. 
This specimen was excavated from the ruins of Palenque, in 
1760. 
No. 2. — Fragment of a terra-cotta figure representing a seated 
human figure. 
No. 3. — Terra-cotta representing a human head. 
Upon Tablet 4 is a terra-cotta bead. 
Upon Tablet 4 ^ (S and D 69), is a fragment of terra-cotta, 
representing a human head. 
Upon Tablets 14 a to <: are other terra-cotta figures of human 
heads from Teotihuacan ; these, as well as the specimen upon 
Tablet 4 h, apparently represent heads artificially flattened. 
Upon Tablet 5 ^^ is a fragment of ware. 
Upon Tablet 5 h and c are terra-cotta spindle-whorls." 
Upon Tablet 16 (2 iok, are other terra-cotta " spindle-whorls." 
