rs 1, 2, 3, etc. Hence LXIV, 1, signifies figure 1 of
plate LXIV; LXIV, 2, figure 2 of plate LXIV, etc.

[208-1] American Anthropologist, July, 1893, p. 254.

[208-2] There appears to be much confusion among writers who have referred
to this subject in regard to the "Black Deities" of the codices. Dr
Brinton's remarks on this subject in his late work, "A Primer of Mayan
Hieroglyphics," does not clear up the confusion. Apparently he has not
discovered that quite a number of these are merely black figures of
well-recognized deities not thus usually colored. It appears also, judging
by his statements, that Dr. Brinton has failed to identify the
characteristics by which the different deities of this class are to be
distinguished. Dr Schellhas, in his excellent paper "Die Gottergestallen
der Maya Handschriften," fails also to properly distinguish between these
deities. Dr Seler, whose profound studies have thrown much light on the
Maya hieroglyphs, fixes quite satisfactorily the characteristics of some
of these deities, yet he confounds others which should have been
separated.

[209-1] Dr Brinton (Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics, p. 93) claims to have
discovered that this hitherto supposed "vessel" is, in reality, "a drum."
As the four (Cort. 27a) are without any accompaniments to indicate their
use as drums, and as each has above it one of the cardinal point signs,
there is nothing, unless it be the form, to lead to the supposition that
they are drums. In the same division of the two preceding and three
following pages we see vessels of different kinds represented. In the
lower divisions pages 29 and 30, are vessels somewhat of the same
elongate, cylindrical form, borne on the backs of individuals; and also in
the lower division of page 40 are four tall cylindrical vessels, in each
of which the arm of a deity figure is thrust. This section is copied in Dr
Brinton's work with the subscript "The beneficent gods draw from their
stores." Additional proof, if any is needed to show that these are
vessels, is found in the Tro. Codex. On plates 6* and 7* are tall
cylindrical vessels with the same inverted V marks on them; moreover, one
of them has the upper portion margined by the same tooth-like projection
as those in the Cortesian plate. That these are vessels of some kind is
apparent from the use the pictures show is made of them.

[209-2] See Brasseur's lexicon under _bacab_, also the mention below,
under the day _Ik_, of four