Its head, the form of which is not only conventional, as its square eyes and mouth indicate, but likewise emblematical, consists of _three_ superposed layers in the shape of escutcheons, the uppermost of which is sculptured so as to represent a human face. These _three_ escutcheons as the _three_ feathers of the plume that adorns it, the _triple_ throne on which the figure seems to stand, the _three_ dots on each cheek, the _three_ oblong squares on the breast-plate, the _three_ macaw's heads at the extremities of the _triple_ sceptre it holds in its hands, are symbolical of the _three_ great western regions that the Egyptians designated by the generic name of "_Lands of the West_" and represented by the character [Symbol: three-pointed crown] which is an image of the crown worn by some of the high chiefs in Mayax. That the central figure was meant to represent these countries, the sign [Symbol: long hollow rectangle], that stands in lieu of the mouth, indicates. It is the letter _M_, pronounced _Ma_, of the Maya and Egyptian ancient alphabets. It is the radical of _Mayax_, name of the Maya empire. But _Ma_ in Egypt as in Mayax, is a word that signifies land, country, and by extension universe; and in Mayax as in Egypt [Symbol: long hollow rectangle] is one of the signs for land. [Illustration] The head is surrounded by rays divided into groups of four; four on the top, four on each side, and four on the under part. Each ray is terminated by a circle with a dot in the center [Symbol: circle with a dot in the middle], a sign very often met with on the monuments of Mayax; particularly on the trunk of the mastodon's heads. It is the first letter of the ancient Maya and Egyptian alphabets, and correspond to our letter A, the initial of the Maya word _Ahau_, king. [Illustration] This would indicate that the central figure was likewise symbolical of the king _par excellence_, ruler of the empire, whom the kneeling personages that surround it, are in the act of worshiping as shown, not only by their posture, but also by the sign [Symbol: hanging fronds], carved on the neck of the macaw-headed figures, the followers of the queen _Moo_ (macaw), which again in Mayax as in Egypt is the symbol of offering, worship, and adoration. The name of this great king we read in the four heads of leopards, terminating the rays at the upper angles, and those in the middle on each side of the escutcheon, and in the four rays of each group. Translating these symbols by means of the Maya language, we find that _Can Coh_ was the name of the potentate; and that he was a member of the _Can_ family, rulers of Mayax. This fact is indicated by the serpent heads at the lower angles of the escutcheon, those at the extremities of the breast-plate, the four oblong squares carved on the ribbons that support it, and the number of rays forming each group round the head.