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aboriginal sculpture for human figures, but do not reach the level of the best Maya work, of which the great turtles of Quir-

Fig. 61. Two Figures from Palenque, Chiapas. Spinden, 1913. I

igua may be cited as examples. However, Maya sculpture is usually in low relief, sometimes little more than drawing. Among the numerous examples that have been brought to