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GUESDE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES IN WEST INDIES. 827 



the left iside faiutly resembliug a lashiug.of the two ends of a hoop. 

 This being on the left, the ornamental panel is on the right. The ele- 

 ments of this panel are not unique. Notice first the beading looj)ed on 

 the right side at the top of the panel, and widening downward to in- 

 close the key ornaments and to pass quite around the boss below. The 

 border on the edge outside and in front of this bead has a human face 

 between two opposing scrolls. The bas-relief ornament inside the bead 

 consists of a double ring in relief, with two ornaments as nearly alike 

 as the varying space would admit. 



Length, ll-f^ inches ; thickness of side, l-i% inches. (Compare table 

 in Smithsonian Report, 1876, p. 390.) 



Fig. 199. A collar from San Dom- 



^^"f'h iugo, probably obtained in Porto 



^^,.- -^ Rico. It does not belong to M. 



-£ ,' ' Guesde's collection, but the figure 



/"-., will explain some features omitted in 



the last. This is also left-shouldered. 



The shoulder projection, the looped 



^•« ' ' -s bead, with its herring-bone ridges, 



I ' inclosing triangular excavations, the 



L - ' , . ' boss, and the slight ornament on the 



shouldered side are all well expressed. 

 " Although both these are left- shoul- 



dered, there are many right-shoul- 

 dered ones, plainly showing that they 

 were to be used in pairs. 

 " -^ Fig. 200. A stone stool or chair of 



the variety mentioned and illustrated 

 in the Smithsonian Report, 1876, p. 

 1 376. The material of those there de- 

 scribed, however, is either sandstone 

 l or wood, and the device is some ani- 

 ' mal form. In M. Guesde's specimen 

 /.: the material is a dark brown volcanic 

 ;;:^ : stone, and the device is the human 

 ,; form. Moreover, the position is in- 

 J verted. The man is lying on his 

 ::::J back, witli his feet drawn up to form 

 ? the legs of the stool. His arms, with- 

 ;/ out any attempt at accuracy of delin- 

 eation are doubled on his neck. The 

 eyes and mouth are like the same 

 ) features in all aboriginal statuary, 

 ^ ' and beautiful shells were doubtless 



^.^^ inserted in them. The ears have 



*"ici-2oo. large openings in which were in- 



