FEWKES] AECHEOLOGICAL OBJECTS '205 



author has .•>een two .speciuiensof tbi.s type in Porto Kico. One of the 

 best specimens of the type is owned by the well-known historian and 

 teacher, Senor Cayetano Coll y Toste, of Santurce. 



The other kind of stone duho from Porto Rico is represented in 

 h and V\ which show one of these objects from side and front. In the 

 side view, 5, it is seen that the specimen has a low, curved back, remind- 

 ing one of a hammock, crescentic form, short leg-s, and a turtle-shaped 

 head. Such an object naturally calls to one's mind, as it did to that 

 of the embassy sent by Columbus to the interior of Cuba, an animal 

 of some unknown, but bizarre, form. The carving, well brought out 

 in J', is best seen on the back and consists of a rectangular figure in 

 which is an incised ring with a central pit and a scroll on each side. 

 The head on the lower edge reminds one of a turtle. One lower corner 

 of the stone is broken; the other is occupied by a flipperlike extension, 

 on which are parallel incised lines representing the toes. 



This sjjecimen is thus described by Professor Mason: 



It is a thin and deeply sattged slal) of grayish sandstone and stands on four short 

 legs. At the less elevated end three projections are neatly carved to represent the 

 head and forefeet of a turtle. The eyes are deeply sunken, as if for the insertion of 

 pearls or jewels. The higher end is abruptly elevated about six inches, and is 

 crossed by a band ornamented with a scroll, which occurs with certain modiflcations 

 on other objects. There" is a decided warping or twist in the upper surface, the orna- 

 mentation of which, as suggested by Doctor Rau, renders the idea of its having been 

 a metate douljtful. 



The duhrns with high l)acks, whether of stone or of wood, may ))e 

 divided into two types. In the first tvpe there is a head carved on 

 the upper end of the back (plate xciii, «-«"), with a representation of 

 sexual organs, in place of a head, on the lower edge or front margin 

 of the .seat. In this type the figure is represented as lying on its 

 back, the concave portion being the abdominal region. Two speci- 

 mens of this type are known, one of which, made of stone, is in 

 the Guesde collection, the other («-«"), made of wood, is now 

 owned bj" the heii's of Doctor Llenas, of Santiago de los Caballeros. 

 The second tyj^e of high-backed duhos (h-d) represents an animal 

 in a reversed position as compared with the first. The concave part 

 represents the back: the head is carved on the lower or fVont 

 mai'gin of the seat, and the upper end of the back has no head, but 

 resembles more closely the flattened tail of some animal. Whereas 

 the two objects of the first type have a decidedly' human cast of coun- 

 tenance, those of the second, in most instances, are more like turtles. 

 This latter type is also made both of stone and of wood. Three 

 specimens of this type are mentioned and figured by Professor Mason, 

 and there are two in Santo Domingo, one each in the Imbert and 

 Desang-les collections. 



