. Bulletin. Ethnology. seleh] EXPLANATION OF WALL PAINTINGS 315 of an agfave leaf. The round ends of the head knots, which are char- acteristic of Quetzalcoatl, for eveiythin<»; about the wind god is round or twisted in spirals, are to be found here and there. The '" thorny, curved" ear decoration tzi('oliuh<iul nacochtli, plainly meant to look as if cut out of a snail shell, seen in the pictures of this god in the Borgian codex, Codex Vaticanus B, etc., is entirely lack- ing in our paintings, being replaced by a simple ear disk. The breast ornament of Quetzalcoatl, no less cha
. Bulletin. Ethnology. seleh] EXPLANATION OF WALL PAINTINGS 315 of an agfave leaf. The round ends of the head knots, which are char- acteristic of Quetzalcoatl, for eveiythin<»; about the wind god is round or twisted in spirals, are to be found here and there. The '" thorny, curved" ear decoration tzi('oliuh<iul nacochtli, plainly meant to look as if cut out of a snail shell, seen in the pictures of this god in the Borgian codex, Codex Vaticanus B, etc., is entirely lack- ing in our paintings, being replaced by a simple ear disk. The breast ornament of Quetzalcoatl, no less characteristic, and is evidently cut out of a whelk shell,' which is called in the Aztec Sahagun text ecailacatz-cozcatl, " the spirally twisted wind ornament '\ is also lacking, but probably only because from the neck down the figures are altogether destroyed. On the other hand, in fragment 4b, plate XXXVII, it is outlined on the shield of the god. The fanlike or wing-. 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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