Indians of Central America -- Nicaragua -- Antiquities; Nicaragua -- Antiquities
High-relief, male figure, on a slab about 40 cm. in thickness. It
represented a figure lying on its back, if the slab has been a
covercle, or standing, if it has been a part of a wall, with straight
arms, detached from the sides of the body. The face appeared to be
covered by a mask (compare the figure F of _Punta del Sapote_); this
seemed to be denoted by the large circular holes for the eyes, and the
broad, hanging breast-plate or beard; the ears were protected by two
flaps extending from the helmet or head-ornament. With the exception of
the stiff mask before the face, the figure was well elaborated, with
some hints of the muscles of the shoulders, abdomen, and legs. Above
the slab there was a projection, broadening upwards, which seemed
to be a repetition of the helmet of the head. The outer edges of the
slab formed a border five to six cm. broad and 3 cm. high. The slab
was broken in two pieces, the lower portion was found lying far from
the upper one. The entire slab measured 182 cm. from the upper edge of
the upper projection to the lower edge of the border below the feet;
its breadth across the body of the figure was 74 cm. The length of the
figure from the top of the head to the lower edge of the feet was 135
cm. The length of the face was 28 cm., its breadth 27 cm. The length
of the breast-plate from the chin was 30 cm. The breadth across the
shoulders 45 cm. The statue was found on the ground immediately north
of the mound I; the lower piece was found west of the mound III.
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Pl. 32.
Not mentioned by SQUIER.
Male figure in relief. Broken in several fragments and impossible to
reconstruct. Only the face could be delineated. The face was well
preserved and originally uncommonly well executed. It was quite
expressive; the forehead was broad, not low, covered with a round cap
or low turban; the eyes were narrow, elliptical, boldly cut; the nose
was straight, broadening downwards; the mouth half-open, with thin, but
well-formed lips; the cheeks were lean, but carefully sculptured; the
chin was broad and powerful. The ears were large, very prominent. The
length of the face from the lower edge of the turban to the lower edge
of the chin was 35 cm.; its breadth 26 cm. The thickness of the slab of
stone was about 30 cm. Most fragments of this relief were lying at the
western margin of the mound V.
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Pl. 32.
Not mentioned by SQUIER.
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