. Certain antiquities of eastern Mexico. tyare practicalh identicalwith those from Cem-poalan, and from themwe can obtain a fairidea of the generalcharacter of Totonacceramic ware in thisvicinity. A pottery specimen(plate cxxiii, a, 5), fromthe Barra Chachalicas,presented by SenorViu,is made of fine brownishclay, with a smoothsurface, painted has the form of ahuman being wearinga Totonac dress, andapparently representsa woman. On oneshoulder there is anorifice through whichone may blow, makinga whistling sound. Infact, this image is awhistle in the form ofa human being. A number of clay
. Certain antiquities of eastern Mexico. tyare practicalh identicalwith those from Cem-poalan, and from themwe can obtain a fairidea of the generalcharacter of Totonacceramic ware in thisvicinity. A pottery specimen(plate cxxiii, a, 5), fromthe Barra Chachalicas,presented by SenorViu,is made of fine brownishclay, with a smoothsurface, painted has the form of ahuman being wearinga Totonac dress, andapparently representsa woman. On oneshoulder there is anorifice through whichone may blow, makinga whistling sound. Infact, this image is awhistle in the form ofa human being. A number of clayheads, large and small,were found at the sameplace as the precedingefSgies and images. These are identical with the heads fromCegipoalan, Otates, and other Totonac ruins. Similar clay imagiesonce adorned the panels of the Cempoalan temples, especiallythat called Caritas (Small Heads) for this reason. One ofthe most striking-objects made of burnt clay, from this locality, isthe effigy (plate oxxiii, o) of a human being, the head and body. Fig. 64. Rain goddess. (Dehesa collection.) ruwKES] OBJECTS FROM CEMPOALAN AND XICO 269 being present, but no arms or legs. Seen from one side this effigyshows distinct Indian features in the, face, two prominent teeth inthe upper jaw, an ear plug, and a head covering not unlike a Turkscap. Around the neck is a cord and a belt girts the loins. Appar-ently there never were legs, but the trunk is broken off in such a wayas to suggest that the image formerly stood on a pedestal. The Turksfez reminds one of the so-called Huaxtec cap. This specimen waspreyented by Senor Viu, alcalde of San Carlos. An instructive fragment of pottery from Barra Chachalicas is thehead shown in plate oxxiv, i, one of thebest of these clay images. Fromthe lobes of the ears of this specimen hang ear plugs, and there aretwo prominent teeth in the upper jaw, a marked feature of several
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