The layers are of different colors--dark
and light. The statue was evidently designed to lie on its back,
or partially so, and represents a dead person in a position he
would naturally assume when dying. The body lies nearly upon the
back, the right side a little lower; the head leaning a little
to the right. The legs lie nearly one above the other; the feet
partially crossed. The toe of the right foot, a little lower,
showing plainly, that the statue was never designed to stand erect
upon its feet. The left arm lies down by the left side of the body,
the forearm and hand being partially covered by the body. The
right hand rests a short distance below the umbilicus, the little
finger spreading from the others, reaching to the pubes. The whole
statue evidently represents the position that a body would
naturally take at the departure of life.
There is perfect harmony in the different proportions of the
different parts of the statue. The features are strictly Caucasian,
having not the high bones of the Indian type, neither the outlines
of the Negro race, and being entirely unlike any statuary yet
discovered of Aztec or Indian origin. The chin is magnificent
and generous; the eyebrow, or supercilliary ridge, is well arched;
the mouth is pleasant; the brow and forehead are noble, and the
"Adam's apple" has a full development. The external genital
organs are large; but that which represents the integuments,
would lead us the conclusion that the artist did not wish to
represent the erectal tissues injected.
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