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with black ring inside and out, pupils vermilion. Inside
of lips vermilion, and white tusk protruding from each
corner of mouth. Peak of head cracked, and tip broken
off. Straw core projects above and below. Length of
head 12″, with core 16⅜″; gr. width c. 6″. Pl. CI.

Ast. x. 1. 010–11. Two clay figs. of women, standing;
soft red fibrous clay, on stick cores. Of heads only front
halves remain, detached from cores. R. side of face and
L. forearm of 010, and R. arm of 011, lost. Extant arm
of each hangs slightly flexed by side. Figs. plump, high-
waisted and long-necked, with large heads.
Dress consists of plain close-fitting bodices, open V-shape

from front of neck to waist; long sleeves wrapped round
arm and hanging below hand, and skirts hanging straight
to feet. Bodice of 010 vermilion with white stomacher;
skirt light blue, with sprinkled palmettes in black. Bodice
of 011 light blue, stomacher and skirt white. Faces large
and full, with oblique eyes, and green patch in middle of
forehead of 011.
Hair black, done straight up back, in low roll on forehead,
and in two stiff projecting masses on either side of fore-
head. Topknots, if any, broken off. No jewellery. 010
has black shoes. White paint of faces almost entirely lost.
Heavy work, drapery not modelled on back. H. 10⅛″, with
cores 11⅛″. Pl. CIII.

OBJECTS ACQUIRED FROM ASTĀNA CEMETERIES

Ast. 01. Lacquered wooden tray, shallow, oblong, with
slightly curved sides, rounded corners, and narrow fish-tail
shaped projections, extending nearly the width, at each end
as handles. Shallow concave. Centre rectangle black,
surrounded by broad border of red. Extreme edges, handles,
and back black. Very graceful shape. No canvas under
lacquer, which appears to be applied directly to the wood.
Excellent condition. 19⅜″×12⅛″. Pl. XCI.

Ast. 02. Six paste and glass beads; three blue, two
green, one yellow. Gr. diam. 7/16″. Smallest 1/8″. Pl. LXXXIX.

Ast. 05. Turned wood tazza, or pedestal with broad
foot, stem tapering upwards, and abruptly broadening into
a shallow cup. Painted black, with ornament in white line;
round foot a series of six drifting palmettes; round stem
a horizontal meander between two lines, a band of small
circles below and another of dots above. Drifting palmettes,
of which six are present round outer rim of cup. Cup broken
at edges. Height 5⅛″, diam. of cup 4⅛″.

Ast. 06. Small pottery jar, with ovoid body, flat bottom,
and short neck with slightly thickened rim. A two-fly cord
twisted twice round neck, and another knotted to it to

make loop for carrying. Grey body, discoloured black,
probably owing to oil. Empty. H. 3⅞″; diam. of bottom
1⅛″, of shoulder 3⅛″, of mouth 1⅛″.

Ast. 07. Pottery saucer; grey body, hard fired; wide
and flat bottomed, no orn. Discoloration caused by de-
cayed food inside. Diam. of rim 6⅛″, of bottom 5⅜″; h. ⅞″.

Ast. 08. Paper flag, made of several thicknesses of Chin.
MS. pasted together, and painted outside in horizontal
stripes of black and white. One side then pasted round
sq. stick. Flag apparently incomplete in length. H. 18″,
length (from stick) 7″, stick 20⅛″. Pl. XCIII.

Ast. 09. Inscribed burnt clay slab from tomb. Square;
surface painted black and inscr. with 5 columns of Chin.
chars., in large clear writing. Chars. first incised and then
coloured red; for translation, see M. Maspero's App. A.
Good condition. 15″×15⅜″. Pl. LXXV.

Ast. 010. Inscribed burnt clay slab, from uncertain
Astāna tomb, dated A.D. 681. Square; surface covered
with layer of buff paint on which are inscribed 11 cols.
of Chinese chars. in black, fairly preserved. For trans-
lation, cf. M. Maspero's App. A. 14⅛″×15″. Pl. LXXV.

Section VII.—CONCLUSION OF WORK AT TURFĀN

Return of
Lāl Singh. While our work at the cemeteries of Astāna was proceeding, there were other matters also
to claim my attention. On January 23rd I had the relief of seeing Lāl Singh return safely from his
explorations in the Kuruk-tāgh region, after an absence of close on two and a half months.¹ I have
given an account elsewhere of the important results achieved by him on this occasion, under
exceptional hardships and privations,¹ᵃ and Map Sheets 29, 31, 32 illustrate the extent of the
surveys effected by my valiant assistant in that desolate region. It will suffice to mention here
that he surveyed a new route to Singer, the only inhabited spot in that vast area of utterly barren
hills and plateaus, and then extended a system of triangles down to the salt springs of Āltmish-
bulak.

Surveys in
Kuruk-tāgh. After patiently waiting under very trying conditions for the chance of a break in the dust-haze
above the Lop Desert, he obtained from Āstin-bulak a sight of the K'un-lun range some 130 miles
to the south. He was thus enabled to continue his triangulation work in the Kuruk-tāgh with what