110 ISLAND CULTLTRE AREA OF AMERICA [eth. axx. 34 



As the upper portion of the head of the specimen, plate 32, />, 

 is much broken, it is very difficult to determine its original form. 

 The general appearance of the unbroken portion would indicate a 

 perforation. The instructive features in this specimen are the figure 

 incised on the surface of a depressed area, situated in the middle of 

 the side, and a pointed arch, which lies within the same area. These 

 incised figures in St. Vincent axes remind one of the ceremonial celts 

 of Porto Rico. 



Plate 32, E, shows a broken ax somewhat similar to the last except 

 that the dimib-bell design which occupies the center of the latter is 

 here replaced by a perforation. The right-hand side of the blade is 

 broken, and when whole we probably have the anomalous feature of 

 an ax with its blade divided in its length in such manner as to present 

 two cutting edges. This remarkable feature in the blade is no less 

 strange than that of the head of the same implement, which is unlike 

 that of any known ax. 



In plate 32, F, where we have type features of the group of imple- 

 ments with projections on the head, there is a well-marked shaft, 

 narrow blade, and well-marked ears on the head, in the form of 

 angular extensions, one on each side of a median furrow. 



Pboblematic Stone Objects 



Plate 33, ^4, is melon-like, and, like the others, enigmatical so far as 

 use is concerned. Although these specimens are made of a hard 

 stone their forms recall certain objects made of pumice stone found 

 at the hamlet called Fancy, on the north side of the great St. Vincent 

 volcano, Soufriere. 



The specimen illustrated in plate 33, B, with several features 

 ascribed to stone implements, is exceptional in possessing a peculiar 

 beveled edge which is shown on the right low^r side. Its opposite 

 side, not shown in the figure, has an identical form to that shown in 

 the illustration. 



Plate 33, (\ so far as form goes, to all intents and purposes repre- 

 sents a pestle, but unlike all grinding implements thus far described, 

 it is rectangular instead of oval or circular when seen in cross sec- 

 tion. The general appearance of this implement recalls a stamp or 

 rubbing stone, but, although this resemblance is heightened by the 

 form of a handle, the majority of other features place this specimen 

 in the group we are considering. « 



The two globular stones of irregidar form shown in plate 33, D, E, 

 have artificially worked surfaces and resemble each other in the 

 common feature, a slight indentation on the surface, by which a 

 pointed projection recalling a tooth is brought into relief. 



