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region o\er the tip of tiie luiiidle, its head and leg.s being- on oppo.site 

 sides. A face view shows two sunken e\-e socivcts, a prominent nose, 

 an elongated mouth with thin lips, and prominent ear pendants, one of 

 which is broken. This specimen, somewhat battered but in a fair 

 state of preservation, is made of a highly polished soft stone. 



The accompanying drawing- (figure (3j of a specimen from tlic col- 

 lection of Senor Rodriguez, of Santo Domingo city, gives a good idea 

 of a type of pestle-like idol with two faces cut on the end of the handle 

 and a spherical base. 



An unvisual form of stone pestle, sliowii in tlie acc-oinpanving cut 

 (figure 7), i.s from the same collect ion and was found proliahl\- in citlier 

 Haiti or Santo Domingo. 



Double-headed pestle from Santu 

 Domingo. 



Pestle from Sjiuto Domingo. 



The remaining specimens in plate .\xiY, t-/', are also from Santo 

 Domingo and were purchased with the archbishop's collection. There 

 i.s shown in e a well-cut human face on one side and representations of 

 body, retracted legs, and arms cut in low relief on the other. There 

 is no ferrule at the junction of the handle and the lens, which in cross 

 section is angular. 



The specimen designated /'also has a human tigurc with a well-cut 

 head, and legs in low relief at the tip of the handle, but has, unlike that 

 just mentioned (e), a ferrule just above the lens, which appears rounded 

 when seen in section. 



