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red paint, which in some is blackened by discoloration.
Gr. h. 1⅛″, gr. width ⅝″.

Toy. iv. 052-8. Stucco relief frs. of ornamental band.
Pattern, a series of conventional skulls in some of which
the teeth are visible. Covered with white or pink wash ;
057 and 058 discoloured. Gr. length 2″, width ⅝″. Pl.
LXXII.

Toy. iv. 059-61. Three frs. of stucco relief band ;
059 ribbed transversely ; 060-1 also ribbed transversely
but with two plain mouldings along one edge. Gilded and
discoloured. Slightly curved. Gr. length 2″, gr. width 1⁵⁄₁₆″.

Toy. iv. 062-5. Four stucco relief frs. of orn., resem-
bling recumbent almond with upward curved point, resting
in a sheath or calyx. Calyx is in two portions, one extend-
ing in long tapering leaf under lower edge of almond and
reaching to the tip of curved point ; the other a short
blunt-pointed leaf supporting lower part of base of almond.
Flat ; extended below to blunt point, which is pierced with
small hole. Sheath gilded ; almond painted red, discoloured
to blue-black. Main portion also painted behind. 064
incomplete. Length 1⅞″, gr. width ⅝″. Pl. LXXII.

Toy. iv. 066. Fr. of stucco relief orn. ; end of four-
pronged Vajra (?) rising from lotus. Gilded. ⅞″×⅝″.

Toy. iv. 067. Stucco relief fr. ; topknot of hair or
drapery spreading out in fan fashion. Gilded in front ;
painted red behind. ⅝″×⅝″.

Toy. iv. 068. Stucco relief fr. ; part of armlet band
from fig. as on fr. Toy. iv. 09, &c. Gilded. 1⅜″×⅝″.

Toy. iv. 069. Stucco relief fr., representing skull ; as
Toy. iv. ii. 056 and 057, but crown in this case flat and
painted black. Shallow circular holes for orbits ; two
incised curves to mark nose ; and upper row of teeth with-
out lower jaw. Cf. 024-5, 052-8. Pl. LXXII. ⅞″×1⅛″.

Toy. iv. 070. Stucco relief fr. Small bunch of drapery
hanging from circular clasp or jewel. Remains of red
paint and gilding. ⅞″×⅝″.

Toy. iv. 071. Stucco relief fr. ; flat band twisted round
another band and ending in foot-like member with four
well-marked fingers or toes. Too fragmentary to be
exactly determined. Length 1⅞″, average width ⅝″.

Toy. iv. 072-122. Fifty-one small stucco relief heads.
Roughly modelled ; majority very narrow and long, but
072-5 and 098 short and round, and 0121, 0122 each
a pair of short round heads side by side. Faces painted
green, blue, red, yellow, or flesh colour with mouths,
eyebrows, and eyelashes crudely indicated by black
lines, and hair in narrow topknot also black. Eyes
always represented as shut.
A few heads have the mouth painted in red ; the short
round heads have usually moustache and small beard
marked in black. Paint worn off faces of many, leaving
white wash underneath ; application uncertain. Average
size : narrow heads 1⁵⁄₁₆″×⁷⁄₁₆″ ; round heads 1³⁄₈″×⅝″.
Pl. LXXII.

Toy. iv. 0123-8. Six stucco relief jewel orns. ; convex
elliptical cabochon jewel in middle, surrounded by smaller
long-shaped jewels between raised mouldings. Gilded ;
0123-4 discoloured to black. 1⅛″×1″.

Toy. iv. 0129-32. Four stucco relief rosettes ; small,
circular, eight-petalled with ring of beads in middle round
central bead. Gilded over red paint ; 0130 discoloured.
Diam. ⅝″.

Toy. iv. 0133. Stucco relief rosettes, circular, with
round convex centre within raised moulding, and six short
wide petals. Gilded over light red paint. Diam. ⅞″.

Toy. iv. 0134. Stucco relief jewel orn. Circular boss
within plain moulding. Gilded ; blackened. Diam. ⅝″.

Toy. iv. 0135. Stucco relief jewel orn. Blunt heart-
shaped jewel within raised moulding. Gilded ; blackened.
⅝″×⅝″.

Toy. iv. 0136. Fr. of stucco relief jewel orn. Remains
of two circular cabochon jewels side by side, and one
pear-shaped above, all within raised mouldings. Signs
of another (pear-shaped ?) below, marking lozenge-shaped
orn. (?) Gilded, and discoloured to black. Gr. M. 1⁵⁄₁₆″.

Toy. iv. 0137-40. Four stucco relief frs. Ends of
drapery as Toy. iv. 010-16 but with curved upper ends
broken off. Gilded over vermilion (?) paint discoloured
to blue-black. Gr. M. 2″. Pl. LXXII.

Toy. iv. 0141. Miniature stucco trident (Vajra ?)
head ; made with straight central, and three curved prongs
meeting at points and gathered together at base. Gilded
over red paint ; neatly made ; broken off below. L. 1⅛″,
gr. width of prongs where curved out ⅝″. Pl. LXXII.

Toy. iv. 0142-3. Two miniature stucco halberd-
heads (?), in relief. Straight point, supported on either
side by curved member ; the whole having roughly the
appearance of a buckle with long tongue. Gilded over
light red paint. L. 1⅛″, gr. width 1″.

Toy. iv. 0144. Miniature stucco mallet, with stick
handle. Cylindrical head with slight waist, painted red
(blackened). Prob. attribute from small fig. L. 2″, head
diam. ⅝″, width 1³⁄₁₆″. Pl. LXXII.

Toy. iv. 0145. Fr. of arm of stucco fig., as Toy. iv. 09,
&c. Broken off immediately below turn of elbow, and
part of remaining portion broken away from stick core.
Painted red, partly discoloured to metallic black, with
gilded bracelets on upper arm. Length (together) 2⅛″.

Toy. iv. 0146. Fr. of painted stucco, showing gilded
band of bead orn. in relief, and flat surface below painted
white and pale green. Gr. M. 1⁵⁄₁₆″.

Toy. iv. ii. 01. Fr. of fresco, showing upper part of
Dhvaja or victorious banner, a symbol of Kuvera. At top
of banner a yellow knob ; below, a flounce of green cloth
from beneath which issues a dark red flounce. Background
dark blue ; abraded. 6″×4″.

Toy. iv. ii. 02. Fr. of fresco, showing straight gilded
4 L 2