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Plate XXVI, a, has a ferrule above the lens, with prominent ears, 

 nose, and lips; in h the lens is spherical, the goggle eyes are large, the 

 nose is round, and there is an elevation on the forehead; while e has 

 a human head with nose, lips, and ears in I'elief, being exceptional 

 in lacking all indication of a lens. The grinding surface of this speci- 

 men is convex, its nasal opening triangular, as in several figurines 

 made of pottery. This specimen" is figured by Professor Mason, 

 and described as follows: 



A rough, bell-shaped pestle, with a rude human face on the top. Precisely similar 

 ones are found in Santo Domingo (see Stevens's Flint Chips,* p. 227, 230, and 231 ), 

 but in many cases the head is replaced by the head of an animal. 



The specimen figured as ^ is a conical pestle of simple form, with 

 no indication of lens or head. The tip of the handle is pointed. 



Mr ^Villoughby, treasurer of Porto Rico, 

 kindl}- showed me while on the island in 1903 

 a large pestle-like specimen (figure 10) made 

 of diorite rudely fashioned, that dift'ers in form 

 from other known specimens. Like other similar 

 objects, its use, whether as pestle or idol, is prob- 

 lematical. 



On plate xxvi, e has for a handle the head and 

 body of a grotesciuely carved human being, the 

 arms being held akimbo, with deep pits between 

 them and the sides of the body. The lens has heie 

 become globular, the ferrule appearing as a broad 

 band. The doubtful specimen ( /'), made of soft 

 soapstone, has a head cut on the end, the eyes 

 being deep cavities and the ears projecting. The 

 surface of this implement is rough and the lens 

 has rounded edges. Specimen marked g is a 

 simple pestle with globular lens and a head cut in 

 end of the handle. 



The object figured as h may not have been used as a pestle, having 

 rather the form of a small idol, with head, feet, and legs cut in relief. 

 There is no lens or ferrule, the limbs being roughly indicated by low 

 prominences. The base is fiat, sliowing no appearance of wear. The 

 probability is that this object was a fetish or household idol. It may 

 have been u.sed at times for bruising herbs or grinding paints. 



The specimen designated /, from the collection purchased from Arch- 

 bishop Merijio, is an interesting pestle-like object in the form of a beak- 

 less bird, the wings, head, and legs being represented. The front part 

 of the head is fiat; the eves, large and round, are surrounded with rings. 



Fig. 10. Pestle from Porto 



ief on the 



n The cntnlogue number is 1703S instead of 170,32. 

 ''Edward T. Stevens. Flint Chips, a guide to prehi>toric archaeology 

 in the Blaclimorc Ma«eum, Salisbury, London, 1870. 



i illustrated by the eolleetion 



