Tlu- fulluwiuj; ohjecUi cau be 

 at the left, idols of stone in tlie 

 shelf and at the right and left of the idols various rubbing 



t. the left) have grooves 



s Cat the right) have flat smooth base; others 

 groove made In grinding the broad or cutting end o7 



In forming the pointed end of I 



pendants and spindle-shaped culls 



colts in double rovrs about the margin of the 



pestles. Two of these rubbing 



both top and bot- 



, the other 



■- the foUomng: two rows of celts or axes among which 3 

 unusual size and polish, also a large collection of shells and bones. Immense numbsrs of land and 

 sea shells and bones of fish and the cony found in the kitchen middens show the cliaracter of much 

 of the food of the Arawak 



frii 



L-ptli of five feet, associated with wood ashes, shells ^and cony bones. At tlie left are pottery 

 showing various "patterns of incised decoration, many forms of handles [of vessels and 

 in the e.vtrenii? corner a series showing a type of decoration in which bands of clay were added to 

 the exterior of the vessel before flring. These bands have incised lines across them and probably 

 represent snakes. At the rear of the shelf are fragments of Arawak baking slabs. Various recon- 

 structions that have been made show that these slabs must have been about two feet wide and 

 elliptical In shape. Tliey were used for baking cassava broad. Similar ones are encountered 

 to day among the Indian tribes of aorChera South America 



