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COLOR. 
The general color of the image is a fulvous or reddish brown. 
The departures from this general color are in two different direc- 
tions. — First , to a deeper reddish upon the back side of the body, 
and upon the left arm. Upon the top of the head also there is a 
distinct layer of darker rusty color, in which some grains of quartz 
are imbedded. Secondly , some parts have a blackish or smoked 
appearance. This is seen upon the leg, thigh and breast. 
The color of the interior of the image has been revealed by ac- 
cidental fractures of the neck and of the longer leg since it was 
taken from the well. It is a yellowish fulvous, quite uniform, and 
distinctly lighter than the exterior. It is precisely the color now 
presented by the face of the image ; from which fact I am confi- 
dent that the face has been recarved recently, after the image 
was first finished, and before it came into my hands for examina- 
tion. I scarcely need to say that while the object was in my pos- 
session, no reagent nor test nor tool was applied to it, which could 
in the slightest degree affect its color or external appearance. 
The interior color of the short leg, differs from that of the body, 
in being of a distinct dark gray, without any of the fulvous ele- 
ment. I think I shall be able to account for this difference of col- 
or in a later part of this report. 
THE MATERIAL : WAS IT RIGID, OR PLASTIC? 
The image was moulded out of a plastic, gritty clay, and af- 
terwards burned in a fire. 
The evidence for the previous plasticity of the material is so 
strong, that I am confident that any who have come to a contra- 
ry opinion, as, for example, that it was carved from a tufaceous 
or pumiceous rock would, if they could have the ample opportuni- 
ties for examination which have been accorded to me, recall that 
conclusion. A detailed study of the surface will show that the 
graving tool sometimes took long, sweeping strokes, leaving a 
plane surface with sharply defined margins. Moreover, the di- 
rection of the strokes can, in some instances, be determined by 
the transverse, minute crevasses left in the substance under the tool, 
such as one sees when a glazier spreads his putty. Thus, the 
strokes in the crevice between the right arm and the body, on the 
front side, were downward, while those in the corresponding crev- 
iceon the left side were upward. 
