ARCHEOLOGICAL OBJECTS 



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Imbert collection, now in Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, copied 



from sketches by the author. A peculiarly formed rubbing stone 



of dumb-bell shape, an implement of imknown 



use, is here shown (/). Although the pestles 



represented in this plate are in the main of 



the same general outline as those already de- 

 scribed, specimens / and j have somewhat dif- 

 ferent forms, especially A -a bird-shaped pestle, 



to judge from the head and limbs — having a 



t)ird face like that of specimen _/'. One of the 



objects (n) is elongated, with pointed head and 



with indications of a lens that is alxsent from the 



preceding figures on this plate. Another (r) 



has the handle swollen midway between base 



and tip. "■ '"""" '' '"""'" 



The dumb-bell-shaped forms of pestles shown in this plate (/■. /. ///) 



recall those recorded by Hoctor Huei-den from Jamaica. 



Several stone implements. Hgured 

 on plate xxvii, were probably used, 

 for grinders, but they are different 

 in form from any implements 3^et 

 ii'ferred to. Some of these are 

 [x'stles; others depart considerably 

 from that type. 



One specimen {o) is an almost bell- 

 shaped implement of elongated 

 form, rounded below, its handle 

 terminating in a well-made head; 

 /> has a rude head cut on one end. 

 and /■ has a conical head at the apex, 

 the base being Hat. From the fact 

 that one surface is flattened, speci- 

 men fj is considered to be a polishing 

 stone, an inference which its gen- 

 eral form also would indicate. It 

 may have been used in polishing the 

 surface of pottery hefoi'e tiring or 

 in grinding pigments or other sub- 

 •<tances. Its general character, as 

 that it is an artificial, not a natural. 



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Fig. 14. Bird-shaped pe*-tle from Santo I)< 

 _ mingo 



well as the worn 

 form. 



■;urface, sliow^ 



MORTAI;.- 



In his classification of mealing implements Professor Mason distin- 

 guishes between upper and nether millstones. The pestles that have 

 already been described belong to the first group: there remains to be 



