. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. Natural history; Natural history -- New York (State); Science; Science -- New York (State). Chalchihuitls from Central America. 253 inlaid with it, in small fragments. Of the first of these relics I present a drawing made by "Waldeck and published by the French Government. See Fig. 1.*. Fro. 1. Human Skull, Ancient Mexican, inlaid with turquoise and obsidian. The weight of evidence, in my opinion, goes to show that the stone properly called chalehihuitl is that which Molina defines to be "baja esmeralda" or possibly nephrite
. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. Natural history; Natural history -- New York (State); Science; Science -- New York (State). Chalchihuitls from Central America. 253 inlaid with it, in small fragments. Of the first of these relics I present a drawing made by "Waldeck and published by the French Government. See Fig. 1.*. Fro. 1. Human Skull, Ancient Mexican, inlaid with turquoise and obsidian. The weight of evidence, in my opinion, goes to show that the stone properly called chalehihuitl is that which Molina defines to be "baja esmeralda" or possibly nephrite, "a jas- per of very green color," as Sahagun, already quoted, avers. I should therefore object, on strictly critical and historical grounds, to the suggestion of Mr. Blake, that the variety of turquoise found by him should be " known among mineralo- gists as ; * In Mr. Christy's museum is also a wooden mask encrusted in like manner, with turquoises, malachite, and white and red shells. The predominant stone in all is the turquoise. The back of the skull in the specimen engraved is cut away, so as to admit the face to be hung by leathern thongs (which still remain) over the face of an idol, as was the custom in Mexico. The transverse black bands in the cut are of obsidian in the original. The eyeballs are nodules of iron pyrites, cut hemispherically, and highly polished. AUGUST, 1869. 17 Ahn. Lto. Nat. Hist., Vol. 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 Lyceum of Natural History (New York, N. Y. ). New York
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