96 BULLETIN 15 6, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Tubular object of earthenware with discoidal base, such as might 

 have been used as a stamp : Same type as pestle just described, 

 Constanza. Dimensions : 2.7 inches (7.2 centimeters) long, 1.8 

 inches (4.6 centimeters) diameter of base. The shaft tapers to a 

 head which has been incised with a modeled human figurine. 

 (PI. 55.) 



Earthenware pestle: 2.6 inches (6.5 centimeters) long, 2.1 inches 

 (5.2 centimeters) diameter of base. This specimen, like all earth- 

 enware pestles from Santo Domingo, has a sharpl}'- defined shaft. 

 Head has been incised to form a 2-faced figurine head, eyes and 

 mouth being indicated hj punctations and etched lines. (PL 55.) 

 Valley of Constanza. 



Earthenware pestle: 2.6 inches (6.1 centimeters) long, base 1.6 

 inches (4 centimeters) in diameter. The figurine head which ap- 

 parently had been modeled separately and later luted onto the 

 shaft has been marred during excavation. Valley of Constanza. 



Earthenware pestle: 3 inches (7.2 centimeters) long, diameter of 

 shaft, 1.5 inches (3.5 centimeters). This pestle differs from those 

 just described in that the entire object has been molded to represent 

 an animal figurine, the base representing the legs, the arms pro- 

 jecting at the sides, and the head molded into the form of a typical 

 Tainan figurine head. Characteristic features of the figurine are 

 the oblique eyes shaped like the half of a coffee bean; the molded 

 surface of shaft represents the body of the figurine. (PI. 55.) 

 Constanza Valley. Earthenware figurines in Santo Domingo differ 

 from what has come to be known as the archaic, in that rarel}'' is 

 the entire body represented, the molding being limited to the repre- 

 sentation of head forms only. This particular pestle forms an 

 exception to the general rule because the body and arm or leg 

 members were rarely modeled by the Dominican aboriginal potter. 

 A perforation extends from the back of the neck to the lens or 

 base. Valley of Constanza. 



Earthenware pestle: 2 inches (5 centimeters) long; diameter of 

 base 1 inch (2.6 centimeters). No distinguishing characteristic to 

 be noted. Head represents animal figurine; mouth and ej^es indi- 

 cated by incised lines and two punctations. (PI. 55.) Valley of 

 Constanza. 



Undecorated earthenware pestle: 2 inches (5 centimeters) long; 

 diameter of base 1.4 inches (3.4 centimeters). The lens or base has 

 a rounded surface and is bulbous. The curves are continued in the 

 constricted shaft and in the bulbous, undecorated head. Valley of 

 Constanza. (PI. 55.) 



Fragmentary examples of other earthenware pestles collected at 

 Constanza seem to indicate that earthenware pestles were not only 



