. Bulletin. Ethnology. MO A/ 3 AyfON 4 MO/V s MON 8. /^ON 9 A^OA/ /a ALTAR 7 F/G / Figure 56.—Monumental sculptures, human faces in front view (not to scale). Monu- ment 9 reconstructed from photographs taken at angle. photographed. Figure 1 of Altar 5 very plainly manifests this physiognomic peculiarity. Eyes of the large figures differ most from the forms pointed out as typical of the figurines. Only two have deep-drilled eyes (Monuments 5 and 8), and in one of these the outer ends of the eyes are modified into a nonhuman angularity. In the rest, the eyes tend to be horizontally placed ellip
. Bulletin. Ethnology. MO A/ 3 AyfON 4 MO/V s MON 8. /^ON 9 A^OA/ /a ALTAR 7 F/G / Figure 56.—Monumental sculptures, human faces in front view (not to scale). Monu- ment 9 reconstructed from photographs taken at angle. photographed. Figure 1 of Altar 5 very plainly manifests this physiognomic peculiarity. Eyes of the large figures differ most from the forms pointed out as typical of the figurines. Only two have deep-drilled eyes (Monuments 5 and 8), and in one of these the outer ends of the eyes are modified into a nonhuman angularity. In the rest, the eyes tend to be horizontally placed ellipses symmetrically pointed at both ends and made by excavating the area to a level slightly. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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