Not figured.
Male, standing figure, its head adorned by a high conical head-dress.
Very like the figure F. Its face was hidden by a mask, with round holes
for the eyes. It had a long, hanging beard or breast-armour. The arms
were stretched straight down. It was broken in four fragments, and was
found in the periphery of the mound 5.
N
Pl. 16.
Female, sitting figure, with a child in its lap. It has probably stood
insulated, as the back portions were pretty well elaborated, and,
besides, the pedestal was adorned with a free border, which was not
the case in any of the statues remaining in the circumference of the
mound 1. This statue was, more-over, remarkable by its large head, not
being turned straight forward, but somewhat upwards and side-ways. The
statue was rudely executed, far inferior in workmanship to most of
those mentioned before. There was no attempt at imitating the muscles
of the body; the arms and legs were thin and short, not detached from
the block. It was only in the molding of the face that some endeavours
to follow nature were to be detected; the eyes were formed by deep,
oval cavities; the nostrils and cheeks were indicated; the mouth was
closed, with thick lips; the ears were very large and projecting. The
short, vigorous neck was ornamented by a broad neck-lace, formed of
three round bands. The head was covered by a turban-shaped head-dress.
The right shoulder was somewhat higher than the left. On the front of
the body only the two semi-spherical breasts were elaborated; with
this exception, the chest and abdomen were on a line with the block
itself. The figure held before it a child or a smaller figure with
very large head, large, projecting ears, clumsy body, and short, thin
legs. In execution this statue strongly reminded of the figure η from
Punta de las Figuras, though it was superior with regard to the face.
It was found near the mound 3, but not in its periphery. The height
of the statue from the upper edge of the turban to the upper edge of
the pedestal was 170 cm. The length of the face from the lower edge of
the turban was 34 cm. The breadth across the shoulders was 60 cm. The
length of the smaller figure was 51 cm.
O
Pl. 17.
Female, standing figure. It reminded somewhat of the preceding one,
but was much better executed. It certainly had a free position, as the
back and shoulders were well sculptured. It carried on its head a very
large, round, thick slab of stone, between which and the head there
was a kind of turban, made of two round rolls. The face was unusually
broad, and particularly remarkable in that respect that the eyes were
placed obliquely. It was the only statue in which such was the case.
The nose was large, straight; the mouth broad, closed; the ears very
large, prominent, the left one longer than the right one. The shoulders
and breast were pretty well elaborated. The lower portions were broken
in many pieces. The diameter of the slab on the head was 72 cm.; its
thickness 45 cm. The length of the face from the lower edge of the
turban was 32 cm., its breadth 31 cm. The breadth across the shoulders
was 72 cm. The statue was found at the periphery of the mound 6.
P
Pl. 18.
Male, sitting figure, with crossed legs, and the hands crossed in
its lap. The figure was unusually small, and not very artistically
executed. The head was large and very broad, adorned by a low turban
with flaps projecting side-wise. The forehead was low, the nose large;
the eyes were formed by unusually large, circular cavities; the mouth
was small; the ears were large, but not so prominent as in the image O.
The chest and back were equally elaborated, though the muscles were but
slightly marked. The arms were long, and, unusually enough, cut out so
as to be perfectly detached from the sides. The legs were very short
and weak. The figure was seated immediately on the square pedestal,
that was surrounded above by a prominent border on all the sides. The
front of the pedestal was ornamented by an engraved cross, its sides
and back by rhombic figures, forming inter-woven garlands. This statue
has certainly been insulated. It measured 92 cm. from the upper edge of
the turban to the upper edge of the pedestal. The length of the face
from the lower edge of the turban was 25 cm., its breadth 35 cm. The
breadth across the shoulders was 54 cm.
Q
Pl. 19.
Male, sitting figure. The broad, short face showed it to appertain
to the same type as the figures N, O and P, which it resembled also
with regard to the careless workmanship. It wore on its head a conical
hat, with a raised, circular ornament on each side; the hat widened
below into a thick brim, adorned by an ornament in relief, formed like
a chain. The face was but little elaborated, the forehead low, the
nose long, broad, and straight; the eyes were middle-sized, circular
cavities; the mouth was broad, open, almost square. The ears were long,
extending, with _perforated_ lobes. The neck was short. The chest
and abdomen showed some signs of muscles. The shoulders were quite
straight. The arms were narrow, without muscles; the left one hanging
straight down, with the fingers extended; the right one bent upward
towards the shoulder, with the fingers doubled, so as to form a hole.
It has probably clasped a lance or stick, or something of that kind.
The legs were rather large, broken above the knees. The back of the
statue was only plane-cut. The length from the lower edge of the hat to
the thighs was 103 cm.; that of the face from the same point 33 cm.;
the breadth of the face 32 cm. The breadth across the shoulders was 52
cm. The statue was found near the western margin of the mound 4.
R
Pl. 20.
High-relief, representing a female figure. With regard to the type of
the face, it came near to the immediately preceding ones. It was a
big-headed figure of full size, sculptured in feeble high-relief on
a large rectangular slab of stone, about 25 cm. in thickness. It had
been very badly injured, so that only the left half of the figure could
be anyhow discerned. The face was almost circular, the eye a circular
cavity, the nose wanting, the mouth closed, the ear large, hanging,
like the ear of a dog, the shoulder rounded, the arm bent inwards
across the body, the leg slightly bent. The figure has been surrounded
by a frame, nearly 20 cm. broad, and 4 cm. high. The length of the
figure to the thighs was 106 cm. The length of the face 38 cm.; the
breadth of the face 37 cm.
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With regard to the type of the face, the figures found in this locality
may be divided into two distinctly different classes viz., the images A
to M, with oval faces, and, in general, of more artistic workmanship,
and the images N, O, P, Q, R, with broad, almost circular faces, and
more rudely executed. The latter are possibly of more ancient date than
the former. None of the latter was found at the mound 1.
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