Note 188 — Chapter XXV · DRESS, AND ORNAMENTING OF THEIR PERSONS.

[“The serenity of Michael’s countenance,” writes Loskiel, “when he was laid in his coffin, contrasted strangely with the figures scarified upon his face when a warrior. These were as follows: upon the right cheek and temple, a large snake; from the under lip a pole passed over the nose, and between the eyes and the top of the forehead, ornamented at every quarter of an inch with round marks, representing scalps; upon the upper cheek, two lances crossing each other; and upon the lower jaw, the head of a wild boar.”]