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Specimen c is a cooking pot of coarse ware excavated by the author 

 in 190;-! from a burial mound at the dance place near Utuado, Porto 

 Rico. It has a handle attached to the rim not unlike in general form 

 some of those excavated in the Cueva de las Golondrinas, although 

 the majority of them are different. This pot was found near a seated 

 skeleton and was evidently a mortuary offering. It probably once 

 contained food or similar perishable substance. 



In d and d' are represented fragments of flat saucers excavated from 

 the floor of the Cuev^a de las Golondrinas. The heads upon tiiem rep- 

 resent human heads and were probably duplicated on the opposite 

 rims of the saucers. At their side there are i-epresentations of the 

 fing(>rs or feet. 



The dish or bowl shown in e and e' , obtained by purchase from 

 Arch))ishop Meriiio, of Santo Domingo, is a significant specimen, 

 showing how the clay heads so abundant in collections from Porto 

 Rico were attached to their respective bowls. Their frail union with 

 the rim of the vessel is no doubt the reason these ol)jects were so 

 often broken away from their attachments. 



On the side of this bowl, below the attached heads, are handles, 

 recalling the bowl handles already figured, and each head has a trian- 

 gular lateral extension, supposed to represent feet or appendages. The 

 border of the bowl is ornamented with incised lines. 



The most beautiful of all the effigy vases from Porto Rico is shown 

 in plate lxxviii, a and «'. This specimen, now in the Smithsonian 

 collection, was purchased in 1904 from a gentleman who had obtained 

 it a few years before in a cave near Aguas Buenas, not far from 

 Caguas, Porto Rico. This vase is made of coarse clay and has a rough 

 surface; the base is rounded, not flattened. The superficial decora- 

 tions, both incised and in relief, occur on the upper part. It is not 

 wholly evident what animal the maker of this object had in mind to 

 represent, but a view from above shows a well-made licad, a tail, and 

 four limbs. 



The face («) has elongated ej'es and a peculiar T-shaped nose with 

 nostrils on tubercles, recalling some of the flat stone heads and three- 

 pointed idols elsewhere considered. The ears, highly conventional- 

 ized, consist of a curved raised ridge arising from just above the eyes; 

 from this position they extend laterally to form the eyebrows, and 

 end in a ring-form elevation on the sides about on a level with the 

 nosti'ils. The portion of the head above the forehead has a raised 

 circular area in the middle, below which are two lateral tubercles. 

 These elevations correspond (juite closely in ari'angement with the 

 ornamentation on some of the three-pointed idols, especially one of 

 the third type figured in a previous plate. On the back of the head 

 is an incised circle, and around the neck a necklace in relief, with 

 median tubercles, possibly representing pendants. 



