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PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 





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Fig. 193. 



Fig. 104, This object is absolutely unique, for we have in it a min- 

 iature fire-place or altar, both faces of which are identical. Four rude 

 steplets conduct to a landing place partly covered by a niche. At the 

 top an excavation is seen which may have served for a statuette. The 

 object was found at Abymes, but the evidence of aboriginal origin 

 should be strong just in comparison to the outlandishness of a specimen. 

 Height, G inches. 



Fig. 195. An ornamen- 

 tal piece, of bluish green 

 color. It is rare in form, 

 but not absolutely unique. 

 In the American Museum 

 at New York is a similar 

 specimen. The chamfer- 

 ing and fluting are grace- 

 fully blended. The left- 

 hand extremity is perfor- 

 ated for suspension. From 

 I Punto Duo. 



Length of long limb, 8 

 inches ; of short limb, 5~j% 

 inches. 



Fig. 196. A highlyjor- 

 uamented specimen, one portion of which is plain, resembling the edge 

 of a cleaver; the remainder is covered with ornament. Let us imagine 

 this to be a stone ax, the most beautiful in the world. The following 

 characteristics claim our attention : The hafting notches are extended, 

 that on the upper part by a narrow gutter almost parallel with the edge ; 

 that on the lower i^art sweeping outward in a curve which combines 





Fig. 194. 



