Note 875 — Chapter XIX · MEDICINE AND FUNERAL RITES AMONG THE NAHUAS.
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Gomara, Conq. Mex., fol. 310. 'Esta figura se la ponian encima al Difunto.' Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., tom. ii., p. 524. It is not likely, however, that a life-size figure, as Gomara calls it, or any figure, for that matter, should have been placed over the ornaments of the king and pressed upon the body. Beaumont says: 'Lo cubrian con una manta, en que estaba pintado ó realzado el cadaver con los mismos adornos.' Crón. Mechoacan, MS., p. 55. 'Au-dessus on asseyait une poupée de la taille du défunt.' Brasseur de Bourbourg, Hist. Nat. Civ., tom. iii., p. 83.