Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . yelid of the uppermost of these three heads hangs a band, towhich is attached a grotesque head with a serpent scroll, hanging forehead the back of this head a band passes over the shoulders of a small human figure,which is seated immediately above the prolonged teeth of the serpents head attachedto the breastplate of the principal figure on the front of the Stela. Only one of thesesmall human figures can now be seen; but it is probable that a similar figure hasb
Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . yelid of the uppermost of these three heads hangs a band, towhich is attached a grotesque head with a serpent scroll, hanging forehead the back of this head a band passes over the shoulders of a small human figure,which is seated immediately above the prolonged teeth of the serpents head attachedto the breastplate of the principal figure on the front of the Stela. Only one of thesesmall human figures can now be seen; but it is probable that a similar figure hasbeen broken off the north side of the monument, and it has been restored in thedrawing in order to keep the balance of the design. Another small figure was seated on the trunk of each of the lowest of the threelarge heads, and can be seen in both front and side views. The back of this Stela is decorated with a huge grotesque face which is shown inPlate XXIV., n. The figure seated on the forehead of this face, and the glyphs fromthe eyes and mouth, are figured below the photograph on Plate XXXVIII. *2 44 COPAN. -ij. Stoxe Head in the British Museum, said to hate come from Copak. Stela C. (Plates XXXIX. to XLI.) [Compare Stephenss Central America, vol. i. p. 155 ; and Catherwoods Views, Plate 4.] Approximate height 11 feet 10 inches. Average breadth 3 feet 6 inches. This is a broken monolith (C, Plate I.) which faced east and west, and must havebeen one of the most elaborately carved of the whole series. The part still standing has suffered from fire, and much of the surface has flaked principal figure on the east side is shown in Plate XL. The head is beardless. With the help of pulleys and improvised shear-legs we were with difficulty able toraise the fallen portion so as to enable me to mould the glyphs on the underside, andto obtain the photograph of the figure on the west side which is given in Plate XXXIX. The features have suffered much mutilation, but it is interes
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