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and found at Ysabela bj' Seilor Luis Passailaique, measures 3i inches 

 long- and lias arms represented at the sides of the body, the lingers being- 

 indicated by incised lines. The bac-k is slightly concave and the face 

 is cut in low relief. Perforations, intended like the others for sus- 

 pension of the object, are situated on the back on each edge at the 

 level of the mouth. Leg bands are indicated bj^ lateral wart-like ele- 

 vations near the position of the knees and the toes are faintly- marked. 



The specimen tigured as /;, //, //' repi-esents a shell amulet in the 

 Imbert collection, which also was olitained at Ysabela by Senor Pas- 

 sailaique. It is about 2^ inches in length and is well polished and 

 carved. The image is in a scpiatting posture, the knees being brought 

 together and the bodj' resting on the toes. The head bears carvings 

 supposed to represent feathers; the eye sockets and mouth are deep; 

 the teeth are well indicated; the left ear is broken and the right ear 

 entirely gone; the arms are closely pressed to the sides of the body, 

 and the closed hands are raised to the chest, the palms facing- outward. 

 The shoulders, knees, and feet are continued as raised Ijands across the 

 back of the amulet. The perforation fur suspension is situated on a 

 level with the mouth. 



The only amulet of bird form here tigured, plate lix, /, /', /", 

 although other specimens are known to the author, Ijelongs to Mr Hall, 

 of Puerto Plata, who has mounted the object as a watch-chain ornament. 

 This specimen is finely made of dark-brown or horn-colored stone, and 

 measures an inch and a quarter in length. The beak is prominent, 

 the wings are drawn to the breast, and the tail is marked with par- 

 allel lines indicating feathers. The perforation extends completely 

 through the body at the level of the neck. 



Another animal-shaped amulet, plate lix, /'. ,/', 7". also owned hy 

 Mr Hall, is made of green stone; it is 2 inches long and is said to 

 have been found in the Sierra del Serra, south of Santiago de 

 los Caballeros. It is difficult in this specimen to recognize limbs, 

 although the two appendages midway in its length ma}^ have been 

 designed to repiesent Hippers or tins. The two pits on one side were 

 evidently intended for e3'^es. The general form of this amulet sug- 

 gests an animal and it ma}' have been intended to represent a manatee. 



Mention ma}' here be made of two beautiful and unique amulets, 

 one of shell and the other of bone, which were purchased in Santo 

 Domingo from Archbishop Merino." The latter specimen is a com- 

 plete image of human shape, while tliat made of shell is nondescript, 

 having a highly conventionalized body without limbs and a realistically 

 carved head. 



It was the author's good fortune to see in private collections many 

 amulets different in form from those here described and ligured, an 



a See the author's Preliminary Report, in Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, xlv, pi. xlviii, 1903. 

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