An inglorious Columbus; . , though thewhole figure is muchbroken on the westside.* The elephanttrunk reappears in theinterior steps at Kabah,Yucatan,^®^ and again inthe wall at Zayi, Yuca-tan.*® The resemblanceis hardly so close as tomake it absolutely cer-tain that the ornaments were intended as representations of an elephants trunk, althoughmany seem to think that there can be no question on the says that the head-dress first mentioned is evidently anelephants head, and that the same figure is also found in otherreliefs and among the hieroglyphical characters. He also men-tio
An inglorious Columbus; . , though thewhole figure is muchbroken on the westside.* The elephanttrunk reappears in theinterior steps at Kabah,Yucatan,^®^ and again inthe wall at Zayi, Yuca-tan.*® The resemblanceis hardly so close as tomake it absolutely cer-tain that the ornaments were intended as representations of an elephants trunk, althoughmany seem to think that there can be no question on the says that the head-dress first mentioned is evidently anelephants head, and that the same figure is also found in otherreliefs and among the hieroglyphical characters. He also men-tions another building as possessing a small chancel containingtwo birds perched upon elegant scroll-work, in adoration beforean elephants head ;® and Le Plongeon states that the mas-todons head forms a prominent feature in all the ornaments ofthe edifices of Yucatan.^^ Lillie also claims that the elephantis everywhere ** in the drawings of the Abbe Brasseur deBourbourg (I admit, however, that I am unable to find it), and. Fig. 25.—The elephauts-head head-diess. 608 AN INGLORIOUS COLUMBUS.
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