[DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXXII.]
Figs. 237 and 238.—Armlet of ivory, ornamented with representations of human heads, birds and animals, carved on the surface, and also of degenerate elephants’ heads, the proboscis, in each case, terminating in a human hand holding a palm branch; horses’ heads; tortoises; leopards, &c.; all of the most conventionalized forms. Bands of crotals are carved at each end of the armlet. The armlet consists of two halves connected by a thin brass plate and copper rivets on one side and on the other by copper fastenings. The plate is ornamented by a floral guilloche pattern, similar to that on the central band of Fig. [140], on the wands, Figs. [209] and [211], and elsewhere. This pattern is figured by Messrs. Read and Dalton in the “Journ. Anthrop. Inst.,” Vol. XXVII, Plate XXII. The carved figures represented on this ivory armlet are of much greater rudeness than those on the bronze objects generally. Much weathered and probably very old.
Fig. 239.—Quadrangular brass bell, with a degenerate face on one side; the eyes of the face are converted into loops.
Fig. 240.—Quadrangular brass bell. The loops on one side are evidently derived from the degenerate face on Fig. [239].
Fig. 241.—Brass bracelet, consisting of human heads linked together. One of the heads has projections ornamented with concentric circles.
