. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. Jm§mm. g h Fig. 19. Face-form vessels from Guatemala. seler] ANTIQUITIES OF GUATEMALA 99 heathen pupils to have their hair cut in a Christian and civilized man-ner. In the figures on the reliefs we are considering the hair seems tohave been removed from the middle of the head, like a tonsure, andfrom the back of the crown decorations of feathers (quetzal feathers)hang far down the back. For ornament both figures wear square earplates and necklaces of large round beads. They are clothed with thebreechcloth (Mexican maxt
. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. Jm§mm. g h Fig. 19. Face-form vessels from Guatemala. seler] ANTIQUITIES OF GUATEMALA 99 heathen pupils to have their hair cut in a Christian and civilized man-ner. In the figures on the reliefs we are considering the hair seems tohave been removed from the middle of the head, like a tonsure, andfrom the back of the crown decorations of feathers (quetzal feathers)hang far down the back. For ornament both figures wear square earplates and necklaces of large round beads. They are clothed with thebreechcloth (Mexican maxtlatl, Maya ex), the knot of which is largeand plainly seen in e, while mf it is covered by a skull which thisfigure wears on a cord hanging over the back. The action is difficultto explain, since the opposite figure is wanting. An offering or apresentation appears to be expressed. I can say nothing further inexplanation. The head in g was obtained by Doctor Sapper in Chiatzam. It wasmade of the same brick-red clay as all of the above-described headsand fragments, and is the fir
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