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THE ABORIGINES OF POKTO EICO 



from 

 mine: 



A ruder specimen (figure 8) of .■somewhat the same type but smaller. 



exhibited in the ^Madrid Exposition, was said to have been obtained in 



Santo Domin^f '. Its base is flat, rounded, and girt by a bead, as in the 

 specimen last described. The head of an animal is 

 carved on the handle. While this object may have 

 been used as a pestle, its form suggests an idol; but it 

 belongs to the general type of stone pestles, already 

 mentioned. 



Plate XXIV, (I, is a long-handled ])estle with rounded 

 lens and ferrule in low relief. Its handle tapers 

 graduallj' from the ferrule to the image at the end, 

 which repi-esents a human being with legs and with 

 slight projections for ears and arms. 



Specimen h is a pestle with a broken lens and a well- 

 cut figure on the end of a short handle. The fore 

 limbs in this specimen are raised in such a way that 

 the hands ap])ear to be placed Ijehind the l)ack just at 

 the neck. 



Specimen /, / is a pestle, the tip of the handle being- 

 decorated with an obscurely made figure. This speci- 

 men has a smooth surface which shows much pecking 



and may be an unfinished idol. 



The accompanying cut (figure 9), representing a pestle in Mr Yung- 



hannis's collection at Bayamon, Porto Rico, was 



made from one of the author's sketches. The .:.ur- 



face of the original is rough, the base oval and 



smooth, the eyes and ears lieing represented 



by pits, while pai'allel curved grooves suggest 



appendages. 



Many pestles of simple forms are shown on 



plate XXV, one of which («) is loug and club- 

 shaped, having a head rudely carved on one end 



of the handle. There is no lens or enlargement 



at the opposite extremity, where, however, the 



diameter is somewhat greater than at the head. 



The remaining figures on this plate are the simplest 



forms of pestles, or possibly pigment grinders. 



In specimens h and c no difl'erentiation indicative 



of a handle is visible, while in d the neckis a sim- 

 ple contraction below the head, the whole face 



being occupied by two depressions or owl-like 



eyes. The specimen designated e is a broken pestle 



with an animal body and /' i-epresents a vei'v simple, rough paint 



grinder, destitute of the carved head. The remaining specimens {g-i) 



are simple paint gi'inders. 



Pfstle from Porto 



