144 THE ABORIGINES OF PORTO RICO [etii. axn. 23 



Another amulet of tlie same type (<• and c') is also foiiiid in the 

 Hall collection. The figure of thi.s specimen has the hands raised 

 above the head and the knees brought together in front. 



A similar position of the legs appears in the specimen figured as 

 d, iV , in which no arms are represented. The head is cut at the end 

 of the bodj' and not on one side. This object, also from the Hall 

 collection, measures •>. inches in length and is perforated through the 

 back. 



The amulet represented in plate Lix, !, and /', also belongs to the 

 first type. This object is shown in Mason's figure 33, l)ut that figui'e 

 is misleading because the artist has placed a forearm on the side of 

 the body instead of al)ove the head. It is uncertain whether this 

 amulet was intended to represent a human being or an animal. (Com- 

 pare the specimens shown in h and I.) 



The second type of West Indian amulets of human form has the 

 head placed normally on the body, so that the shoulders are brought 

 into their proper position, the arms being represented on the chest, 

 abdomen, or knees, or in front of the liody. In this type the legs are 

 brought together in such a waj^ and the knees, and in some cases the 

 extremities, are so imperfectly carved that in tliis region the amulet 

 resembles a mummj'. As shown in the illustrations, there is consid- 

 erable variation in the forms of the amulets included in this type. 



A good specimen of the second type in tlie Imbert collection (t-and e') 

 was found at Yasica. It is made of light-brown stone and measures 

 2i inches in length. The face is carved slightly in relief; the ej-es 

 consist of two dots inclosed in a figure of dumb-bell shape, while the 

 teeth are simpl3' scratched on the convex surface. The fingers are 

 indicated by parallel mai'ks, the legs and toes being made in a some- 

 what similar way. A side view of the amulet {>■') shows perforations 

 at the level of the mouth. The head and l)ody are not diflerentiated, 

 the backs of both being simply rounded. 



Another amulet (_/') of the same type, from the Imljert collection, 

 was found in Janico by Senor Jose Tolentino. It is made of white 

 stone and measures 3i inches in length. The eyes are inclosed 

 by an incised dumb-bell figure, the mouth, teeth, and cheeks being- 

 indicated by incised lines. No relief work is attempted in represent- 

 ing the arms and the fingers ai-e mere parallel marks near a pit sur- 

 rounded by a circle, intended for the umbilicus. The legs are com- 

 parativel}' large;" no toes are represented. 



Another amulet, g, g\ in the Imbert collection, made of white stone 



"In describing a most instructive effigy vase from Santo Domingo, Pinart comments on the large 

 size of the legs as follows; " Ceci est curieux au plus haut degre, car ces sigues sont ceux trCJs caructt'- 

 ristiques de I'ljK'phantiasis si commun dans les Indes." Although the abnormal size of the legs is 

 marked in the effigy vase which IMnart figures, as well as in a similar specimen of w-hich the author 

 of this paper has photographs, it is questionable whether the maker of either specimen intended to 

 represent a person afflicted with elephantiasis. 



