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cuspids. The muzzle was somewhat longer than necessary, the nostrils oval,
somewhat widened; the eyes formed oval cavities, powerfully cut; the ears
were rather small, with the margins, as it were, indented. Two volutes and a
powerful intumescence at the sides were possibly designed to mark the strong
muscles of the head. The human figure was carefully elaborated. The face
was well preserved, with the exception of the mouth and the chin, that were
cut off with a chisel, or some other keen instrument. The forehead was
rather low and separated from the head of the jaguar, by a roll or fillet.
The nose was large, almost straight; the eyes were rather small, the cheeks
full, the cheek-bones not prominent. The ears were unusually small, of
natural shape. The neck was particularly vigorous, the muscles of the
breast well developed. The shoulders and upper arms were full, and well
cut, the arms not quite detached from the sides. The back of the statue not
being elaborated seems to indicate that it has been placed against or in a wall.
That it has not served the purpose of supporting a roof, is proved by the
finely hewn upper side of the jaguar’s head with its erect ears. The head
of the jaguar was 63 cm. long; its height from the top to the lower hinder
corner was 42 cm. The height of the ear was 10 cm. The length of the
face of the human figure was 24 cm.
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PI. 12.
Male, kneeling figure, supporting the head of a great vulture or «Rey
de Zopilotes». It belonged to the same category as H, but has probably
stood isolated, as the back was as neatly cut as the front. The head of
the vulture was colossal in proportion to the human figure supporting it,
and very carefully sculptured. The beak was very true to nature, the eye
formed a semi-circular cavity, the anterior corner of the eye was well indicated.
Backwards projected a massive round process, a sort of crest on the back
of the head. On the top of the head was a tenon-shaped projection, which,
however, could hardly have served the purpose of a tenon, as it was unusually
thin in comparison with the tenons found on the statues around the mound 1.
It may possibly have been designed to represent the comb of the beak of
the vulture, though in such a case it was placed too far backwards. The
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