. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. aces in the manuscripts very generallyresemble those worn by the figures of the Yucatan collection. Thereis often a medal-shaped middle piece upon the chain, which lies onthe breast. The simple form shown in <?, figure 124, which appearsin all the manuscripts, is most frequent in the collection. In theTroano and Cortesian codices this simple form is found almost exclu-sively (see &, d, and g, figure 120). In the Dresden manuscript, on the contrary, very elaborate andvaried forms are common, and we almost invariably
. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. aces in the manuscripts very generallyresemble those worn by the figures of the Yucatan collection. Thereis often a medal-shaped middle piece upon the chain, which lies onthe breast. The simple form shown in <?, figure 124, which appearsin all the manuscripts, is most frequent in the collection. In theTroano and Cortesian codices this simple form is found almost exclu-sively (see &, d, and g, figure 120). In the Dresden manuscript, on the contrary, very elaborate andvaried forms are common, and we almost invariably find the above- 614 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 28 mentioned tassel or locketlike middle piece with an additional orna-ment terminating in three ends, and a peculiar clasp behind (see d,figure 124, from the Dresden codex, page 10, middle, and e, page 15,below). While this neck ornament is common in the Dresden codex, it occursbut seldom in the other manuscripts (see a, figure 125, from theTroano codex, page 18 *, middle, h, figure 125, from Codex Cortesianus,. k I n Fig. 125. Necklaces, ear ornaments, and so-called elephant trunk. page 12, below,a also examples in Codex Peresianus, pages 17, 21,and elsewhere). The head of this figure is particularly interesting, because it explains the remarkableornament occurring so often on Yucatec buildings, the much discussed so-called elephantstrunk . Close examination of this ornament shows that almost invariably the featuresof a face, rudely executed in flourishes, are to be recognized on the surface of the wallbehind it. If we compare this ornament with the above copy from the Codex Cor-tesianus, there can hardly be a doubt that it represents the face of the god B (see myGottergestalten der Mayahandschriften. p. 12) with the well-known big nose. The nosehas exactly the same shape and decoration on the buildings as on the figure in the manu-scripts (see I, fig. 125, the form of this ornament). There is not the least occasion forf
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