. Bulletin. Ethnology. 44 BI^REAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 74 and bird forms. No brasero was found complete at this site but a large number of the adornos appeared. Plate 14 shows one of these braseros found at Santa Lucia. It belongs to a private collection. This type of brasero and its ornaments belong to the Toltec culture and seems to be typical only in this vicinity. Figure 1 shows some of these ornaments. Eemains of red and yellow paint are very common on these pieces. The central feature of these braseros is the face in. Pig. 1.—a, Adorno fiom Pit XVI Adorno from Pit XV. c, Adorno t
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 44 BI^REAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 74 and bird forms. No brasero was found complete at this site but a large number of the adornos appeared. Plate 14 shows one of these braseros found at Santa Lucia. It belongs to a private collection. This type of brasero and its ornaments belong to the Toltec culture and seems to be typical only in this vicinity. Figure 1 shows some of these ornaments. Eemains of red and yellow paint are very common on these pieces. The central feature of these braseros is the face in. Pig. 1.—a, Adorno fiom Pit XVI Adorno from Pit XV. c, Adorno t'lom Pit XXV. connection with which the adornos are found. These faces are much larger and thinner than those of the regular Toltec heads. Figure 2, a, 5, shows two of these faces. The latter has the eyes colored white, the face red except at the sides and under the mouth, where it is yellow. Figure 2, c, is probably another of this type of head. It has red paint under the eyes. Whistles and flageolets.—From the Aztec levels of the site 27 mouthpieces of clay whistles were found. Several human heads (fig. 2, d) occur which seem to have been parts of 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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