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A STUDY OF CHIRIQUIAN ANTIQUITIES. 



This fits the description of the specimens found in Chiriqui. A plain amulet 

 of this type is reproduced in figure 45. The flat back is perfectly plain, its median 

 ridge or scar having been ground down and polished. The convex front has a 

 central transverse groove. Near the top there is a single hole for suspension. The 

 periphery is not faceted, that part of the margin forming the edge being sharper 



Fig. 41. Fig. 42. 



Figs. 41, 42. Highly polished agate beads. '/ 



Fig. 45. Highly polished amulet 

 of pale green jade. */ 



Fig. 46. Large translucent amulet 

 of jade ; from Miravalles, Costa 

 Rica. '/' 



Fig. 45- 



Fig. 43- 



Fig. 44- 



Fig. 43 Green jasper bead. 

 Fig. 44. Small agate pendant. 



V. 



Fig. 46. 



than the rest. The surfaces are everywhere highly polished. The material is a pale 

 green jade, translucent only near the thin edges. 



On some of the pieces described by Hartman there remained the median scar 

 at the back, produced by sawing into the parent block from two sides until it 

 was possible to pry loose the piece intended for the amulet. In the manufacture 

 of these objects large pebbles were sawed lengthwise a number of times until only 



