206 THE ABORIGINES OF POKTO RICO [etii. ANN.lio 



A remarkable stoue duha^ figure 40, is tigured and dcscriljed by 

 Professor Mason in liis catalogue of the Guesde coUet-tion : 



A stone stool or (.-hair of the variety mentioned and illustrated in the Smithson- 

 ian Report, 1S7I), page oTiJ. The material of those there described, however, is 

 either sandstone or wooil, ami the device is some animal form. In Mr Guesde's 



specimen the material is a dai-k-bro\vn 

 volcanic stone and the device is the hu- 

 man form. Moreover, the position is in- 

 verted. The man is lying on his back 

 with his feet drawn up to form the legs of 

 the stool. His arms, without any attempt 

 at accuracy of delineation, are doubled 

 on his neck. The eyes and mouth are 

 like the same features in all aboriginal 

 statuary, aiid beautiful shells were doubt- 

 le.'is inserted in theui. The ears have 

 large openings, in which were inserted 

 p'-. \_ V .; J: plugs of wood, stone, shell, or feathers. 



^f.: : i ; •' \ '- The legs of the chair, just beneath the 



I ;• , f A ; \ i man's shoulders, are mere projections 



f.--^ .' .^ \ \ •; from the stone. The markings in the 



fih''" /". _ ' '; head and forehead are quite tastefully 



ite-— - -4 ilesigned. The back does not .slope np- 



''■ . ''\ want as much as in the Latimer speci- 



'; mens. . . . Length, 16 inches; width, 



5 H; inches; height of head, 6i inches; of 



feet. L' to H inches. 



An examination of a wooden 



■'■■.•- scat (plate xciii, .^-(/"). owned by 



the hite Doctor Lleuus shows a 



similar head on the upper end of 



the back, arms at the side, but no 



intlication of a head on the lower 



end. It belongs to the same type 



as tiie preceding, where the curved 



.;. surface represents the abdominal, 



not. as in other wooden or stone 



V i/ii/km, the dorsal region. This 



.M specimen is ojie of the best wooden 



- -- i" seats seen by the author, and is 



i exceptional in having a head cut 



on the end of the back. This 



Fn;. 40. Stone duho i from Mason i. ,11 .1 i 



head ha.s eyes, moutli, and ears 

 well represented and is ornamented <m the back (a") with incised 

 circles, triangles, and straight lines. Unlike some of the other 

 dii/ios; it is a comfortable .seat and is in a good state of preservation. 

 Attention is called to the small tubercle on or near the ankle of 



