. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. It i I- i m n Fig. 48. Symbols for certain persons and for numbers. Both divisions of the page treat of the same matter, the deliveryof articles for which payment is asked or nonpayment is complainedof; that is, it is an account or a bill of complaint. If we take for granted that we are to proceed from below upward,as in the other fragments, then the first representation below wouldbe ten turkey hens, followed by five cocks. Beside the cock at theleft end of the row, however, there is a small flag, the sign for
. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. It i I- i m n Fig. 48. Symbols for certain persons and for numbers. Both divisions of the page treat of the same matter, the deliveryof articles for which payment is asked or nonpayment is complainedof; that is, it is an account or a bill of complaint. If we take for granted that we are to proceed from below upward,as in the other fragments, then the first representation below wouldbe ten turkey hens, followed by five cocks. Beside the cock at theleft end of the row, however, there is a small flag, the sign for , therefore, must mean 24 cocks. In the next row above, firston the right, there is a vessel and above that a figure, which I can notexplain, surrounded by featherlike rays, very much like those (seethe upper half of this fragment) which are drawn to denote the num- BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY BULLETIN 28 PLATE XIX
Size: 2177px × 1148px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectcalendar, bookyear190
