The vast majority of this material falls into five primary themes (Fig. 9.6). The three zoomorphic themes are the winged serpent, the crested bird, and the raptor. The trophy theme includes compositions with skulls, scalp locks, human hands, and forearm bones, individually or in combination. Finally, the center-symbols-and-bands theme features compositions in which a variety of center symbols are shown intersecting with broad bands. These compositions often include the three-fingers motif, which can be shown to be a pars pro toto shorthand for the hand-and-eye concept.
