. Bulletin. Ethnology. 206 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 153 posite side although a small rectangle marks the point in which its tip would have come. The lower jaw is indicated as a smaller form be- tween the projecting fangs; it is similar to several La Venta lower jaws, and is the inverted version of the common flaring U-shaped ele- ment with re-turned tips. By another interpretation, the rectangle formed by the narrow band that frames all the mouth parts below. the nose might be seen as the mouth outline, and in that case the odd L-shaped element might be considered an extra fang. The
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 206 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 153 posite side although a small rectangle marks the point in which its tip would have come. The lower jaw is indicated as a smaller form be- tween the projecting fangs; it is similar to several La Venta lower jaws, and is the inverted version of the common flaring U-shaped ele- ment with re-turned tips. By another interpretation, the rectangle formed by the narrow band that frames all the mouth parts below. the nose might be seen as the mouth outline, and in that case the odd L-shaped element might be considered an extra fang. The principal (or most obvious) fangs are quite similar to those of La Venta Monu- ment 6. There is even a hint, on one photograph of the battered Stela C, that their tips may have been notched, although this is uncertain. The small but very clear forked tongue is certainly significant. Fur- ther points of difference include the extreme angularity of the Tres. 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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