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Male figure, sitting almost on the ground, bearing on the top of its
head another head with a large neck. It is by. half statue, by half
high-relief. The body of the principal figure was cut out to the shoulders;
then followed a portion of the stone that was quite rude on the sides and
the back. On the front of this stone the neck and head ot the statue and
the long-necked head of a man or an animal that surmounts it, were
sculptured in high-relief. The upper head had a low forehead, small, round,
excavated eyes, long nose or muzzle of equal breadth, closed mouth, and long,
prominent, hanging ears. The neck was very long and was placed immediately
upon the head of the principal figure. The face of this figure presented a
low forehead, large, oval, excavated eyes, a short nose broadening downwards,
thick cheeks, small closed mouth, broad thick chin, and prominent, but not
very long ears. The neck was short and vigorous. The chest exhibited no
sign of muscles, being only a round-cut part of the original stone-pillar, and
passing directly into the abdomen, and then into the front of the pedestal.
The arms and legs were carved in a kind of relief. The hands rested on
the abdomen. The pedestal was cylindrical; its uppermost portion, on which
the figure was seated, was somewhat smaller than the rest of it. The height
of the statue from the top of the upper head to the upper edge of the
pedestal was 120 cm. The length of the upper face was 14 cm. The face of
the principal figure was 27 cm. long, 22 cm. broad. The statue was found
at the southern margin of the stone-mound V, nearest of all the figures to
Laguna de Apoyo.
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PI. 30.
Not mentioned by SQUIER.
Fragment of a high-relief or one-sided statue with only the head cut free.
In comparison with the other high-reliefs found here, its size was colossal.
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