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THE LATIMER COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES. 



17099. (1.) A fragment of a collar. The left panel is present and has 

 the marginal prominences and a smooth interior surface. A short por- 

 tion of the right panel remaining indicates a plain surface inclosed in a 

 ridge looped on the upper anterior corner. 



17099. (2.) Afragmeutof a collar, consisting of a boss and a left panel, 

 the latter with the prominences and a deep oval depression. 



17106. The shoulder is bell-shaped, with cup-cuttiugs on its sides. The 

 shoulder-ridge is extended upward along the margins of the shoulder 

 on either side, and thence quite around to the upper transverse ridge of 

 the right panel. The left j)anel has the prominences, and its interior 

 space smooth. The right panel is smooth and inclosed in a ridge 

 looped at the upper anterior corner. The panel-border is a double scroll 

 fretted on the sides with cup-cuttings in the volutes. This is somewhat 

 transitional in form between the massive and the slender. 



Dimensions of the collars in inches. 



COi^CLUSION. 



The objects which I have described are all from Porto Eico, and, to- 

 gether with a collection of interesting antiquities from other parts of 

 the world, which do not come under my i)rovince, were bequeathed to 

 the Smithsonian Institution bv Mr. George Latimer. This generous 

 benefactor of the Institution was of an English family who migrated to 



