NO. 14 ARCHEOLOGY OF BAY ISLANDS, HONDURAS STRONG IO5 



especially, of a leg, suggest a similar fragment from cave i on Helena 

 (pi. 18, fig. 2, /). The fourth detached head (pi. 28, fig. 2, d) is 

 unique in being thin and rectangular. It is solid and has a fillet around 

 the top, raised eyes and nose, and a vertically incised mouth. Its 

 purpose and the type of object to which it was formerly attached are 

 uncertain. The four detached arms (pi. 27, fig. 2, d, e) are simple 

 pottery cylinders with flattened hands and fingers, which were 

 formerly attached to figurines. 



The three figurine " stools ", or pedestals, (pi. 27, fig. 2, i, j and 

 fig. I, /) constitute an interesting feature. One of these is definitely 

 a stool, having the remains of four legs underneath plus a knob in the 

 center at one end (pi. 27, fig. 2, i). The round body of the figurine 

 has been broken ofl: the upper surface. It is made of hard, well- 

 polished, buff pottery, and the edges are notched. A small, circular 

 ring of brown pottery, which sits evenly on four small legs, has the 

 upper portion broken off (pi. 27, fig. 2, /). Its purpose is unknown, 

 but it may have been a figurine base. Similarly an unusual piece of 

 coarse red-brown pottery, one side of which is decorated with a double 

 coil of clay, raised circles, and indentations (pi. 27, fig. i, /), has had 

 some sort of round body broken off the reverse side. None of these 

 fragments fits any of the bottomless figurines previously mentioned, 

 and only one of them (pi. 27, fig. 2, i) can be positively identified 

 as a stool. 



Four whistles or ocarinas were recovered, of which only one is 

 perfect (pi. 27, fig. 2, b). This specimen, with four stops, and a 

 tubular mouth piece at one end, whistles clearly. Besides the four 

 upper stops there is a hole on the lower surface where the mouth- 

 piece joins the body. It strongly suggests a manatee in form, and the 

 two upper flippers are perforated for suspension. Its upper surface 

 is decorated with an incised and punctate design. Two others are 

 similar, but in each case a small break just below the lip prevents 

 whistling. The larger one (pi. 27, fig. 2, a) is an even closer replica 

 of a manatee, especially in head form. It is composed of coarse brick- 

 red pottery with white grit temper. The third and smallest one (pi. 27, 

 fig. 2, c) has a birdlike face with " coffee bean " eyes and a projecting 

 nose just below the neck. Like the perfect specimen, this last is of 

 well-polished, light brown pottery. A fragment of a fourth whistle 

 (pi. 27, fig. 2, g) is of similar ware but represents a stocky con- 

 ventionalized human figure. A number of complete ocarinas of this 

 anthropomorphic form were seen in private collections on the islands ; 

 hence the type is much more abundant than the present collection 

 indicates. 



