FEWKEsJ CULTURE AEEAS IN THE WEST INDIES 111 



The problematical implement of irregular shape, jjlate 33, F, is 

 artificially worked, evidently for some imknown purpose, while that 

 illustrated in plate 33, G^ has six regular faces of unequal size. 



Another conical stone, plate 33, //, also has six faces which are 

 slightly convex, no tM'o of which have the same length or width. 

 Plate 33, /, was drawn from a stone specimen of hemispherical form, 

 flat on one side and convex on the other. Like that shown in plate 

 33, /, it recalls an unfinished ax, being irregular, hemispherical or 

 ovate in form. 



The last-mentioned form is preserved in plat« 33. A', the convex 

 surface of which is iiTegular throughout. This object might perhaps 

 be better described as an oblate spheroid with flat surfaces. 



The general features of these stones are the slightly convex sur- 

 faces which reappear in the dumb-bell shaped stone, plate 33, Z, 

 which has a flat surface on one side and a sharp cutting edge on the 

 opposite. Although in form this specimen reminds one of an ax, it 

 is unlike those thus far considered. 



Plate 33, J/, represents an implement of cubical form with two 

 opposite ■ faces of circular contour and a slight median constric- 

 tion in the narrow edge. This object has all the outward appearance 

 of a grinding implement, and may have been used to bruise roots, 

 vegetables, or pigments. 



The form A (pi. 34) is somewhat more elongated than that last 

 mentioned, having surfaces smooth and slightly convex, bounded by 

 flat facets. 



Among other problematic stone objects of the same general type 

 there are certain forms, one of which is shown in plate 34, B^ 

 which resembles a small whetstone, flat on one side, convex on the 

 other, and beveled into a cutting edge at one end. Unfortunately the 

 opposite extremity is broken, but its general form suggests that it 

 terminated in a point. The form of this implement is like that of a 

 chisel, but it differs from chisels found in Porto Rico, Santo Do- 

 mingo, and the other Greater Antilles. 



The boat-shaped stone object, plate 34, i\ has its two opposite flat 

 faces connected by a flat plane, the width of which is uniform and 

 equals the distance between the faces. This implement terminates 

 at each end in beveled edges, which, however, are not adapted for 

 cutting, although it is not impossible that they may have been used 

 in fashioning clay or pottery objects. 



The continuation of the plane around the border of the whole im- 

 plement found in plate 34, f , is also a marked feature of plate 34, D. 

 A flat stone with crenelated border, plate 34, E. may have been used 

 by potters in rubbing down pottery to the desired form. 



