Figure 202.—Variation in small figures on staff gods; selected panels with upper and lower figures: a-e, full face above and below; f-i, profile above and full face below. a, panel in rough, showing preliminary stage of defining raised areas by removing intermediate wood: 1, ears; 2, face; 3, upper limbs; 4, body; 5, lower limbs, b, technique similar to that of a, treatment of raised areas: ear areas are treated by hollowing out middle (1) and leaving a raised circumferential rim; face area has two oblique grooves (2) on either side and two lower horizontal grooves (3, 4) in which lower groove is from either side, which leaves small points above and below; upper limb areas (5) are merely trimmed and body area (6) is raised knob left between grooves made around it; lower limb areas are trimmed by angular grooves (7) on either side, while lower edge is cut with two angular notches. The above is the general treatment of full-face figures, though variations may occur in the number or direction of the grooves made. Lower figure (8) follows pattern of upper one, but has only one transverse face groove instead of two as in a. c, in face element lower horizontal groove (1) does not cut right across area, and this gives appearance of a mouth; in lower figure (2), upper limb element is omitted, d, a fullface figure above arm (1) of large head is not notched on lower edge of legs (2). e, upper figure (1) without arm element; lower figure (2) without serrations on lower limbs, f, usual profile figure with full-face figure below; only one complete horizontal cut (1) on face element, g, lower face, in which upper pairs of oblique grooves meet and separate a small upper knob (1); no complete horizontal face cut, so lower knob (2) not separated, h, upper arm element (1) of upper figure not grooved as in / and g; lower face area separated into four parts through cuts from sides meeting, i, limb element of profile face omitted; lower face area (1) treated with side notches; this pair is second set from large head, arm (2) of which reaches neighboring ear (3) of lower figure, hence figure has only one arm (4); large arm (2), however, does not encroach on leg area and hence lower figure has a leg on each side (5, 6). j, profile panel on small staff god, showing lower figure defined by triangular depressions not perforated as in large staff gods, k, profile panel with lower figure not defined by triangles and upper (1) and lower (2) limbs represented by horizontal elements; no body element. l, full-face panel with notched face (1) occupying upper part and body and limbs filling lower half; one leg (2) has cut running right across and severing two elements at knee. m, profile panel with head occupying upper half and well-defined upper limb and poorly executed lower limb with notches occupying lower half; last panel bounding phallic terminal (1). n, profile panel with upper projecting head and lower half carved into eleven raised knobs, o, upper profile head and lower half with two vertical notched flanges, p, upper profile head with lower half notched at sides.