Fig. 1170.—Human faces. Brazil.
The characters in Fig. 1170 are carved human faces, some of which would not be recognized as such unless shown in the series.
Fig. 1171.—Double-faced head. Brazil.
The face in Fig. 1171 represents the horizontal projection or plan of a double-faced head. The central H represents in this case the top of the head, each of the shafts of the H being neither more nor less than the double arch of the eyebrows, joined to which the representation of the nose in a triangular figure may be recognized. The most noticeable point is that if this surface be applied in imagination to the cranium of the bifrontal head, of which it seems to be the covering or skin, the features of the double-faced heads of the Marajo idols are immediately recognized, including the orifices by which those idols are hung on cords, which orifices are seen in the dividing line of the two faces.
Fig. 1172.—Funeral urn. Marajo.
Fig. 1172 presents the general form of decoration found upon vases bearing figures of the face as above mentioned. It is a funeral urn, carved and engraved, from Marajo, reduced to one-fifth.
Fig. 1173.—Marajo vase.