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(1886) [MARC] Author: Carl Bovallius
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E i

Not figured.

Male, standing, much damaged. The human figure supported on his head
the head of a massive animal of the feline genus, by its form most reminding
one of the African or Persian lion (!). The statue was thrown down and broken
in several pieces; only the head of the animal was so far preserved as to enable
one to discern something of the original sculpture. Upon this head was part of
a square tenon. The length of the statue from the upper edge of the forehead
to the thighs was 84 cm., the breadth across the shoulders 39 cm., the length
of the face 24 cm. The head of the animal was 54 cm. high and 52 cm. broad.

E 2

Not figured.

Fragments of a female, sitting statue were shattered in the vicinity of
the place, that should have been occupied by the tenth statue. The head was
adorned with a turban-shaped head-dress, without any trace of a tenon. It is,
however, very uncertain whether this statue has formed part of the series.

Between the last-mentioned statue and F there was not the least vestige
to be found of that statue which ought to have been the eleventh in number,
when reckoned from A.

F

PI. 6, 7, and 8.

Male, half-sitting figure, with its right arm hanging straight down, and
its left one bent, ad resting on the chest. According to my impression,
received on regarding the statue and sketching it, it represented a chieftain or
warrior with a mask before his face and a helmet on his head. I have arrived
at this conclusion from the reasons, viz. that the face was here incomparably
much stiffer than in the other images, without the slightest attempt of indicating
the muscles, the cheeks, or the mouth; further that the eyes were marked by

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