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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I92I 



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There are only seven known specimens of three-pointed stones of 

 the second group, and the U. S. National Museum now has five of 

 these, one of which we owe to Doctor Abbott. 



He has also added to the museum collection the three especially fine 

 Antillean amulets shown in figure 94. The form of one — that figured 

 in the middle — is unique. These objects are supposed to have been 



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Fig. 94. — Three marble amulets. Locality, Guayubin, Yaqui River. Domin- 

 ican Republic, a, 2Vs inches, U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 316448; b, 4I4 inches, No. 

 316446; c, 2fs inches, No. 316447. 



used as fetishes and to have been tied to the foreheads of warriors 

 when they went into battle, as described by Gomara and other early 

 writers. 



The cylindrical object of clay with incised figure shown in figure 95 

 belongs to a type concerning the use of which there has been con- 

 siderable discussion. These specimens have been identified as rollers 

 for stamping pottery with the design incised on their surfaces ; but if 



