. Bulletin. Ethnology. gann] MAYA INDIANS OF YUCATAN AND BRITISH HONDURAS 61 hand is extended, while the left holds a circular fan. In the other the forearms arc flexed at right angles, mth hands held open in front of the waist, as if about to receive something. The lizard effigies, though crudely made, are most lifelike representations about 6 inches in length. The alligators resemble very closely those taken from another mound at Santa Ilita.* The tigers and dragon-like creatures are exactly similar to those figured in Nos. 6 and 4 of the same plate. The bird and snake effigies are very crud
. Bulletin. Ethnology. gann] MAYA INDIANS OF YUCATAN AND BRITISH HONDURAS 61 hand is extended, while the left holds a circular fan. In the other the forearms arc flexed at right angles, mth hands held open in front of the waist, as if about to receive something. The lizard effigies, though crudely made, are most lifelike representations about 6 inches in length. The alligators resemble very closely those taken from another mound at Santa Ilita.* The tigers and dragon-like creatures are exactly similar to those figured in Nos. 6 and 4 of the same plate. The bird and snake effigies are very crude and ill made; the former, about 1 h inches in length, represent birds in the act of flying, A\nth wings extended. The snakes, each represented with a double curve in the body, are about 5h inches. 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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