THE SCIENTIST. 
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The accompanying illustration 
shows some handsome specimens of 
Mexican pottery owned by Mr. W. 
A. Brigham of this city. Some of 
these specimens were found by Mr. 
Brigham, others he secured from 
personal friends, residents of Mexico. 
The first figure on the left is a 
stone image, representing a female 
fiofure. It is beyond doubt a rare 
dedicated to the worship of the sun. 
The renowned "calendar stone 
came from this excavation and is 
now in the museum there. This 
image is composed of a manufac- 
factured stone. Age and disinte- 
gration have dimmed the characters 
that adorned the entire surface, yet 
the outline of the peculiar markings 
can be traced. The illustration doet^ 
The W. A. Brigham Collection of Mexican Pottery. 
specimen and the most valuable in 
the collection. It was found at the 
time the excavation was being made 
for the foundation of the present 
cathedral in the City of Mexico. 
Many of the Aztec relics in the Mex- 
ican National Museum were found 
in this excavation, and it is supposed 
that the spot now occupied by this 
magnificent cathedral is the same 
once covered by the Aztec temple, 
not show these markings, but o-ives 
a general outline of the image. 
The tall, square vase to the right 
of the image and the headless image 
in the center of the group were 
found about one hundred miles east 
of the City of Mexico and just north 
of the line of the Mexican railroad. 
The vase is black and resembles 
most of the Mexican pottery. The 
surface is glazed, the markings on it 
