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inches (19 centimeters) high and 4.7 inches (12 centimeters) across 

 the base, it is said to have been found in a cave at the Eancho Viejo, 

 between the towns of Bani and Azua. The illustration shows a 

 crouching attitude, the arms crossed at tlie knees, the head covered 

 with a cap or turban, and the ears having prominent ornaments. 

 Pinart regards this specimen as the sole known object of its kind 

 from the island of Santo Domingo. The image is seated on a stool 

 of which two legs are shown. From the shoulders extends a projec- 

 tion slightly flaring at the top. Its present owner is unknown. 

 Another cla}^ image of the same type is described by Fewkes and 

 owned by Seiior Deangles, a Dominican. It represents a seated fig- 

 ure, elbows resting on its knees, and is of a reddish burnt clay and 

 smooth surfaced. The head is surmounted by a turban rounded 

 above the face. Body is curved forward, narrowing to the waist, 

 the vertebrae and ribs being represented in relief. Bands encircle 

 the arms above the elbows. The lower legs are swollen and show 

 slight turbercles on the outer side of the ankles. No canopylike 

 extension appears above the back of the neck as in Pinart's specimen. 

 The facial features of this figurine are more realistic than are the 

 conventionalized figurine features generally. It is probable that 

 a portrait figurine is here represented in plastic sculpturing. 



Water bottles. — Especially large is the number of water bottles 

 from the island of Santo Domingo. Except, however, the fragment 

 described by Mason from the Guesde collection of Guadeloupe and 

 another fragment figured by Fewkes from Porto Rico, no other 

 island of the Antilles produced water bottles similar to those from 

 Santo Domingo. The Guadeloupe specimen apparently is identical 

 with Santo Domingan examples. Central America appears to be out 

 of consideration as the huastekan teapot type with long oblique neck 

 sector is foreign to the West Indies and the Santo Domingan form 

 complex, resembling more the Pueblo water canteens from the Rio 

 Grande. 



The Santo Domingan water bottle appears to include several types 

 but is essentially similar to those from Cauca Valley of Colombia. 



Canteens or water bottles of earthenware are known from Arkan- 

 sas and the middle Mississippi area, also from southeastern Missis- 

 sippi and Louisiana, and from the mounds at Mound ville, Ala. 

 This latter site is especially noteworthy, as other ceramic resem- 

 blances with the Antilles might be shown. Bottles, however, not 

 with narrow necks were recovered by Moore in the vicinity of the 

 Gulf coast of northern Florida. Florida is closer to the Antilles 

 than Moundville, but offers few resemblances to Antillean ceramics. 

 Water bottles from the Florida coast bear no resemblance to those 

 from Santo Domingo, but belong to a series of cylindrical vessels 



