Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . h are clearlydesignated as representations of the sun god by the Kin sign on theforehead. But we also see this same peculiarity in the heads of the sungod which stand among the initial numerical hieroglyphs of the stelsein the sixth place, directly before the name of the katun (10 Ahau),which thus denote the units, that is, the single days (see e andy, whichare taken from Stelae A and J). The beardlike lines indicated belowthe head of the sun god are without doubt the u mex kin, the beardof the sun, the sunbeams. Wherev
Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . h are clearlydesignated as representations of the sun god by the Kin sign on theforehead. But we also see this same peculiarity in the heads of the sungod which stand among the initial numerical hieroglyphs of the stelsein the sixth place, directly before the name of the katun (10 Ahau),which thus denote the units, that is, the single days (see e andy, whichare taken from Stelae A and J). The beardlike lines indicated belowthe head of the sun god are without doubt the u mex kin, the beardof the sun, the sunbeams. Wherever in this place, instead of the^ head of the sun god, the simple Kin sign stands, as on Stela M of Copanand on the altar slab of the first cross temple number in Palenque, thissun beard is regularly indicated (see g and A). 1 should further like to call attention to the fact that the representa-tions of the sun god found in the manuscripts by no means show theteeth filed to a point in the same characteristic way. Therefore the 100 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 28. Fig. 20. Pottery ornaments from Guatemala. seler] ANTIQUITIES OF GUATEMALA 101 fact that this is so distinctly brought out in the heads of San JuanChamelco is of especial weight. It proves that the ancient inhabitantsof Vera Faz were under the immediate influence of the civilized nationwhich had erected the monumental structures of Copan, perhaps wereidentical with them; at any rate, that they were closel}^ akin to , I will not omit to mention that this peculiar manner of filingthe teeth is seen on the pottery pipes of the Strebel Ranchito delas Animas collection, the so-called Totonac priests, which aresitting, standing, or carousing figures, dressed in a peculiar capelikeovergarment. In this connection a few other small antiquities, some of which arecontained in the Sapper collection, and some in the Dieseldortf collec-tion, from this region, seem to me to be of importance. These are redpottery ta
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