STATUETTES.
These objects vary in form, size, and decoration, the largest being about thirty inches high, the smallest not more than five. They are objects of worship in one form or another. The illustrations in the woodcuts and colored plates will convey a better idea of them than could be given in a description. They are entirely composed of wood, with feathers and other small ornaments attached to them occasionally.
| Fig. 571 ([41951]) |
2157. ([41951]). This is the largest one of these images in the collection, very highly ornamented with bright variegated colors. See Fig. [571].
2158. (41952). One of these objects, differing only in size and manner of decoration.
2159. ([41953]). This is a specimen of one of these images exhibited in Fig. [567]. The form is common to many of them, showing the pyramidal projections attached to the head, with feathered tips.
| Fig. 566 ([41959]) (⅕) Fig. 567 ([41953]) (⅕) Fig. 569 ([41956]) (⅕) |
2160-2161. 2160, (41954), and 2161, (41955). Similar objects.
2162. ([41956]). Fig. [569]. This exhibits a female figure with variegated colors, and in addition to the pyramidal projections from the head has two round sticks with a ball and crown.