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AN AZTECK IDOL, 
I 
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 I and 2, page 43. 
