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DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXXVII.
282. Bronze bell, the ornamentation with a human
Fig. square tastefully designed,
head, crocodiles, and floral ornaments. The clapper is in the form of a
sinuous snake, head downwards.
283. carved in human &c.
Fig. Ivory armlet, very rudely figures, crocodiles, serpents,
284 and 285. Brass or bronze sword, the in the form of a twisted
Figs. pommel
as so shown on the see
ring, frequently plaques, Figs. 4, 113, 179, 255, etc.
The blade is of unusual form, very broad, and rounded at the end.
286 to 288. Bronze a and in his
Figs. plaque, representing figure standing holding
left hand a staff' with an , eagle on the top. A staff with a bird on the top
is in one of the of No. 139.
represented figures
