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PORTO KUAN STONE COLLARS 



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(plate xxi) and slender oblique ovate (plate win. differ to such 

 an extent that it would seem as if their uses were nol the same and 

 the differences in the symbolic markings on their surfaces would 

 imply a different interpretation of their meaning. For instance 

 while the theon that these collars were worn over the neck applies 

 fairly well to the slender ovate variety, it fails to appl) to some of 

 the massive forms. Although the latter might he regarded as ob- 

 jects of torture or symbols of servitude, this interpretation would 

 hardly hold for die slender examples. < )n the other hand, it cannot 

 be reasonably claimed that the use and meaning of the two groups 



Fig. 20.— Schematic drawing of a slender, oblique stone collar. 



were different, considering the similarity in their general forms; nor 

 is it probable that the massive forms are unfinished specimens of the 

 slender ones, inasmuch as the special superficial symbolic charac- 

 ters of each group are too well defined to suppose that one could be 

 made out of the other. 



There are certain regions of both the massive and the slender col- 

 lars which can readily be identified and which for convenience have 

 been designated by the following names: b, boss; p, projection; s, 

 shoulder : sb, shoulder ridge ; dp, decorated panel ; dpb, decorated 



