The fungiform symbolism seems to be represented in two different ways: as a realistic object held in the hands of the figures (usually masked or with special head-dresses), or as an element "coming out" of the body. All too often researchers base their arguments on largely accepted opinions when interpreting unknown and repeated symbols found in archaeological documents. Maybe this is to avoid hurting the feelings of the author who- sometimes over a hundred years before-first gave his interpretation, or maybe it is simply due to "interpretative indolence".