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Dr. Hoernle— Antiquities from Central Asia. [Extra No. 1, 
No. 18 suggests a vampire ; still more so the mask seen in Plate VIII, 
No. 13. No. 19 presents the distinct face of a monkey ; but it is more 
probably the front piece of the head of a real figure of a monkey, 
similar to the complete head shown in No. 21. There is a very striking 
resemblance between the female masks (such as Nos. 7 and 14) and 
the Gorgon’s head (with or without protruding tongue), as seen on early 
Greek coins of the 6th to 4th centuries B.C., figured in the British 
Museum Catalogue of Coins of Macedonia, pp. 83 if., and Eretria, pp. 119 
if., plate xxii, Nos. 1-4, 6-10. 9 
Nos. 20-43 are full figures, made in the round. As a rule, these 
figures are made in two portions, the front and back halves being cast 
separately in distinct moulds, and afterwards joined together before 
baking. The joint may be seen in No. 33, in the fracture of the arm. 
Very often the halves come off at the joint, and are found separately. 
In figures, like those of the camels (Nos. 20, 26-28) and others (Nos. 29- 
31), of course, it is the two sides that are moulded separately. 
The most commonly occurring figures apparently are those of 
monkeys. They are represented in a great variety of postures and acts, 
shown in Nos. 22-25 and 32-43. Such as embracing and kissing (No. 37, 
also Plate XIX of Part I, Nos. 66, 67 ; compare also Plate XI, No. 22), 
sitting or swinging on a bough and eating (Plate XIX, No. 51 ; in our 
Plate, No. 43, where the bough has broken away ; so probably also in 
Plate XIX, Nos. 52, 53 ; the object, lying across the lap, apparently a 
pad, to be seen also in Plate XIX, Nos. 54, 61, is not clear) ; sitting, 
kneeling, or squatting, and playing on some musical instrument (Nos. 24, 
25, 34, 35, also Plate XIX, Nos. 34, 54, 55, 58, 60, 61) ; sitting medita¬ 
tively (No. 41; also Plate XIX, Nos. 32, 56, 65, 68, 74) ; sitting and 
holding a stick or other object (No. 36 ; also Plate XIX, 64) ; 10 wearing 
a short tunic or a “ comforter” (Nos. 22, 39). In No. 40 the monkey 
is represented with a goat’s head ; perhaps also in Nos. 23 and 38. On 
the other hand, in Plate XIX, No. 70, twin monkeys, playing on a lute, 
are represented with the body of birds. Often, especially when playing 
musical instruments, they are represented ithiphallic (Nos. 23-25, 34, 35, 
9 Compare also the similar mask of a youth with bull horns and ears, in Pro¬ 
fessor Furtwangler’s Bronzen von Olympia, Plate LXVIII, No. 1274. 
1° Compare No. 1313 in Professor Furtwiingler’s Beschreibung der Vasensamm- 
lung im Aquarium, which describes an archaic vessel, made in the form of “a tailless 
ape, sitting on a stool, entirely covered with dots (to indicate hair), right hand on 
the knee, left hand raised to face, as if wiping it.” See also Birch’s History of 
Ancient Pottery (New Ed. 1873), p. 53, which describes Egyptian vases with handles 
representing “apes seated and holding forepaws to their mouths.” Also Furtwang¬ 
ler’s Bronzen von Olympia, PI. IX, No. 81, showing “ squatting monkey with arms 
encircling his drawn-up knees.” 
