Indians of Central America -- Nicaragua -- Antiquities; Nicaragua -- Antiquities
Female, standing figure, its head slightly bent forwards, and its
arms hanging straight down. It was found erect, but imbedded in the
earth to the navel; the head was broken off, but was found close to
the statue. The statue was very well sculptured, but not so carefully
finished as the preceding one. The forehead was adorned with a low
turban or round band, upon which was placed the heavy capital, with
carvings in relief on the sides. The capital was surmounted by the
square-shaped tenon, the lower part of which was surrounded by twenty
staves with rounded tips. These ornaments seem to indicate, that in
this statue, as well as in the former one, which was adorned with a
double frame, the lower part of the tenon has been visible, and only
its uppermost portion inserted into the plate of the building. The face
and chest were well preserved, although not so accurately rendered as
in A. The mouth was half-open, the eyes were well marked, deep cut, the
ears hidden by large, square, flat, and grooved pieces. The breasts
were held up by a double, round band. The breadth across the shoulders
was extraordinarily great. The shoulders were high and thin, the arms
very short and feeble in proportion to the body, not entirely detached,
but much more so than in A. The length of the statue from the upper
edge of the tenon to the knee was 226 cm., the breadth across the
shoulders 66 cm.; the length of the tenon 34 cm.
C
Pl. 4.
Male, half-sitting figure, with straight hanging arms; of considerably
less size than A and B, and very badly damaged. The head and neck
were broken off, and crushed into small fragments, impossible to
reconstruct. The pedestal was round, column-shaped, without any
ornaments. The figure had powerful arms, detached from the sides of the
body. The legs were unusually thick and strong, the feet clumsy, with
thick, short toes. In the middle of the chest there was a carved oval,
with a little circle in its centre. The length of the statue from the
shoulder to the sole of the foot was 110 cm., the breadth across the
shoulders 56 cm.
C 1
Not figured.
Male, sitting figure, with its hands crossed on its knees. The pedestal
was square, remaining erect in the ground. The statue itself was
broken in six pieces, its face entirely crushed. It carried on its
head a round, column-shaped head-dress, similar to that delineated in
figure F, ornamented with transverse furrows and ending upwards in a
tenon. The ears were hidden by square, flat pieces 21 cm. in length,
resembling those of figure B. The head itself was 39 cm. long from the
base of the head-dress to the chin; 31 cm. broad across the forehead.
The breadth across the shoulders was 60 cm.
D
Pl. 5.
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