Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . e f g h i. k I n Fig. 125. Necklaces, ear ornaments, and so-called elephant trunk. page 12, below, also examples in Codex Peresianus, ]oages IT, 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 nlmost invariably the featuresof a face, rudely executed in flourishes, are to be recognized on the surface of the wallbehind it.

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Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . e f g h i. k I n Fig. 125. Necklaces, ear ornaments, and so-called elephant trunk. page 12, below, also examples in Codex Peresianus, ]oages IT, 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 nlmost 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 figui*e in the manu-scripts (see 1, fig. 125, the form of this ornament). There is not the least occasion forfanciful zoological speculations. SCHELLHAS] NECKLACES, COLLARS, AND

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