PREHISTORIC ART. 



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Fig. l.'v'i, from Ohio, is a natural fonnation of dark fcrruginouis stoiio, 

 wliicli has been modified by tlie carving of eyes, nose, and a wide-open 

 moutli. 



Fig. 13(» is a cast in the United States National Museum of a sculp- 

 tured stone representing a liuman face and head in profile, discovered 

 in 1803-04 near St. George, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, ('anada. 

 The stone on which this sculpture was made is 21^ inches high by 

 18| inches wide and 

 2 inches thick. It is 

 granulite, distin- 

 guished from granite 

 proper by the absence 

 of mi(*a. 



Plate ."ii represents 

 the sculptured stat- 

 ues of two stone lions, 

 crouching, carved by 

 aboriginal artists. 

 They are cut out of 

 the solid outcrdpping 

 rock, supposed to 

 have been done with 

 obsidian knives, but 

 this has not been ver- 

 ified. There are two 

 pairs of these lions, 

 both on the high 

 mesa (in the country 

 of the Cochitauos, 

 west of the liio 

 Grande), one near the 

 preh i storic ruin e d 

 pueblo of Potrero de 

 las Vacas, the other 

 l)air near the same 



kind of ])ueblo Potrero de la Idelo. The latter pair have been wrecked 

 by some enterprising prospector, who drilled and exploded one of them 

 with dynamite. 



The painting ' from which the Las Vacas plate was takeu was made 

 by Mr. K. W. Deming, artist, and was first seen by the author at Veer- 

 hoff's, F street, Washington City. An application to the artist secured 

 the foregoing description, with the explanation that these sculptures 

 are still regarded with superstition and as having supernatural power, 

 insomuch that the older Cochitauo Indians believe them to be the gods 



Fig. 13(3. 

 PROFILE OV HUMAN FACE, SCULPTURED IN STONE. 



St. George, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. 



Cast, Cat. No. SSfiOl, U.S.N.M. 



' It has been photographed and copyrighted by Klackner, of New York, to whom 

 the author is indebted for the copy and the right of reproduction. 



