. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 490 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEQM, Fig. U3. >K, FELSl'AllllC STONE. Mexico. , il8n89, ii i Fig. 15 [146] is the "Ciuciunati tablet," showing the sserpeut combined with the human form. A carclul study ol' this ooiuplicatcd design shows it to be formed on the same i)rincii)le as tliose carved on bones. Not only is the duplication of the right and left sides apparent, but there is also a remarkable duplication
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 490 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEQM, Fig. U3. >K, FELSl'AllllC STONE. Mexico. , il8n89, ii i Fig. 15 [146] is the "Ciuciunati tablet," showing the sserpeut combined with the human form. A carclul study ol' this ooiuplicatcd design shows it to be formed on the same i)rincii)le as tliose carved on bones. Not only is the duplication of the right and left sides apparent, but there is also a remarkable duplication of the different parts when they are reversed, the right and left anil the upper and lower. This is shown in the reduced (Uitlines given in fig. 16, of which a shows the human figure as in fig. We notice here the ears, cc, as straight bars on each side of the head; the eyes, the two dark cir- cles, each with two projecting cuived arms; th(^ nose, the , and the broad mouth, the transverse white sjiace below. The body in- cludes the two oval figures in the center, which ar(^ duplicates of each other, as will be seen by folding the upper over the lower. The arms curve outward and the hands are shown at dd, with the fingers point- ing inward; the three mid- dle fingers are represented by the trefoil between the foug curved thumb above and the little finger below. The legs project from the lower portion of the body and are l)cut upward at the knees, ff; the feet with the toes pointing outward, ee, are duplicates of the hands. Here the duplication is with the left foot and the right hand turned upward on each other and reversed; the same with the right foot and left hand; while the duplication is again shown by folding the hands and feet of one side upon the opposite side. lu the reverse' of this human design (shown in fig. 16b) the two serpent heads are shown at the bottom of the figure, with the slender uecks extend- ing ofi" on each side and connectin
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