Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . ABODE F G. t Fig. 27. Glyphs from Maya codices and design on Guatemalan vessel. on the circumference of the vessel, but the drawing is badly injured })yfire. The third vessel («, figure 28) is cm. high, the diametermeasures at the bottom cm., at the mouth cm., and the wallsare 6 mm. thick. The first of these three vessels is of pure Maya character. Thefigures, as well as the hieroglyphs, might have been copied directlyfrom a Mava manuscript. The second is also unmistakably of Mayacharacter, though the pos
Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . ABODE F G. t Fig. 27. Glyphs from Maya codices and design on Guatemalan vessel. on the circumference of the vessel, but the drawing is badly injured })yfire. The third vessel («, figure 28) is cm. high, the diametermeasures at the bottom cm., at the mouth cm., and the wallsare 6 mm. thick. The first of these three vessels is of pure Maya character. Thefigures, as well as the hieroglyphs, might have been copied directlyfrom a Mava manuscript. The second is also unmistakably of Mayacharacter, though the position of the figure is decidedly stiffer. Thethird, however, has an especial character. The models of its figures canonly be found in Mexican or kindred manuscripts (Mixtec and Zapotec),and what hieroglyphs there are difi^er in every way from the familiar7288—No. 28—05 8 114 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 28 forms in Maya hieroglyphs. If it is true of any specimen, we havein this vessel the artistic production of a nation foreign to the Mayasoil. It is in all probability
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