Field Notebook: Mexico 1906
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Mexico City bednesday Aug 29-1906. In the National Museum in the Palace is one of the largest collections of monstruities, of sheep, calves etc. A peculiar exhibits to show the public. Also skull from human being, two grown togther and all other monstrosities. The God of Air is illustrated here by many examples of roughly cut and polished examples of the rattle-snake. The scales are usually sculp tures as feathers. The Christians often told these monsters them and used them for holy waters uses. Usually they are a evil in a plane or elevator and never turning holding on the top of a skull. Some have more curv'd heads, showing the jaws and even the split tongue. Many of these were found in the city of Mexico. The "Cruz del Valenque" found in Chidpos has standing to the left of the cross a figure that in very way reminds of Egyptian figures. Some of the smaller statues more familiar and even inlaid with precious stones. There one of the Popoloca people.