PREHISTORIC ART. 469 



art, and souolit to represent the liuman form as well as the face, by 

 sculijtures done in the round. 



Plate 44 represents a human figure sculptured in stone. Its height 

 is 21i inches, and its weight 56 pounds. It is complete and perfect, 

 without a break or damage. It was found near Stilesboro, Bartow 

 County, Georgia. It is seated, the legs are represented in the solid 

 stone as though crossed, but in an impossible manner, not being more 

 tlian one-third the length of the arms. The only indications of sex are 

 the mammu', which are small dots, indicating the male. The material 

 is fine-grained sandstone, and the entire figure has been worked out of 

 the solid. It has apparently been done altogether by battering or peck- 

 ing into form and then rubbed or scraped smooth. It is not polished. 

 The shape of the head and the general appearance of the features are 

 typical, to a degree at least, of the aboriginal art throughout tlie south- 

 ern United States. The head rounded over the top of the skull, broad 

 across the middle, with projecting ears; the eyebrows are prominent 

 but made' so by the sunken eyes. The eyes are oval, and their orbits 

 on the same jdane. The nose is straight, without much appearance of 

 nostrils. The chin is short and rounded, the under jaw very small. The 

 most noticeable characteristic of this specimen, as it is of many others 

 from the same region, and that which would seem more than anything 

 else a local type of human sculpture, is the mouth and the mode of 

 treating it. The mouth is open, being represented principally by a 

 (!avity which has been excavated to a considerable profundity. The 

 lips are strong and protrude greatly. They are not divided into upper 

 and lower lips, but are continuous around the orifice so as to form an 

 oval ring, the interior of which is the cavity representing the mouth. 

 Neither the teeth nor the tongue are shown, though a ridge in this 

 specimen might pass for teeth or gums. The neck is fairly well formed ; 

 the shoulders are square, but with the arms, are considerably exagger- 

 ated in size. The body under the armpits is less than half the width 

 across the shoulders. From the armpits to the legs the body is a solid 

 cylindrical mass of stone, without indication of thorax, waist, or 

 abdomen. The hands and arms, esi)ecially the former, are extremely 

 rude, the fingers being only indicated by scratc;hes. The head as is 

 represented, was thrown well back, the chin being somewhat in the air. 

 The upper part of the face as well as the forehead, retreated consider- 

 ably; the head was short (brachycephalic), though this might have 

 resulted from the action of the artist without being anj^ indication of 

 race. The occiput Avas furnished with a knot 3i inches in diameter and 

 li inches elevation. This might represent liair, although there is noth- 

 ing particular to indicate it. The statue has none of the fillet, as it is 

 called by Professor Thonuis, which communicates from the back of the 

 head downward. 



Fig. 122 represents a human image of crystalline limestone. It is 

 more than 20 inches in height and weighs 37 pounds. It was dis- 



