. Bulletin. Ethnology. 172 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 170. / ^ Figure 45.—Offering No. 7. pits from the front side which are intersected by deep conical pits from the rear. One pair of pits on the lower edge of the flange failed to meet, so that the one from the obverse actually goes through to the front. There is also a biconical perforation at the very center of the object, perforating the area of the snout. The back of the carved jaguar face within the area of the flange was hollowed out. The re- sultant thinness of the carving brings out the translucent qualities of the jade. This
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 172 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 170. / ^ Figure 45.—Offering No. 7. pits from the front side which are intersected by deep conical pits from the rear. One pair of pits on the lower edge of the flange failed to meet, so that the one from the obverse actually goes through to the front. There is also a biconical perforation at the very center of the object, perforating the area of the snout. The back of the carved jaguar face within the area of the flange was hollowed out. The re- sultant thinness of the carving brings out the translucent qualities of the jade. This hollo wing-out process appears to have been done with a very large drill, being roughly reamed out subsequently, since the concavity still retains a certain conical form in cross section. The length (height) of the object is 12%2 inches, the width 12%2 inches, and the overall thickness is 21/32 of an inch. The diameter of the concavity on the rear side is 1%6 inches. The two perforated disks are of an opaque yellowish-green poor quality jade with white and buff spots. The two pieces are so alike in appearance that it seems likely both were cut from a single piece of material. The central perforations of both pieces were drilled out in the same way as the stems and flares of certain types of ear-. 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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