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ISLAND CULTURE AREA OF AMERICA 



(ETH. ANN. 3i 



Fig. 4. — I'estle seen In 

 profile. (3.5 inches.) 



Grinding Implements and Pe.sti.es 



There is considerable variety in the form 

 of pestles and mortars from the St. Vincent 

 region. Some of the former are oval or 

 spherical stones, slightly concave, sometimes 

 with equatorial grooves. They often have 

 the head, handle, and base differentiated, but 

 the head is not, as in the Santo Domingo 

 pestle, carved in high relief, but incised on 

 the point of the handle. The forms, which 

 are conical, are distinctly characteristic of St. 

 Kitts, although they occur on all the islands 

 from Porto Rico to Trinidad. 



The object plate 



34, F, is of un- 

 knowji use and is remarkable on account of 

 the face cut on one end. Plate 34, G. is 

 phiced among pestles on account of the simi- 

 larity in its form 

 to these imi^le- 

 ments. Plate 34, 

 //, has a pestle- 

 like form and / 

 and J are objects 

 of unknown use. 

 Plate 34, A', is a 

 pestle with globu- 

 lar end and handle 

 slightly enlarged 

 at its termination. 



.". — Stunc postlo with 

 face. (3.31 inches.) 



Fig. 



0. — .Stone pt'stle 

 eyes and mouth. 



with 



Different objects from the Lesser Antilles 

 are represented in figures 4—9. Figure 5 

 lepresents a pestle, the end of which is pro- 

 longed into two knobs or ears and the oppo- 

 site grinding surface slightly enlarged. It 

 has a face carved on the handle, with eyes, 

 nose, and mouth well rejjresented. In many 

 respects this pestle recalls those from Porto 

 Rico. The object shown in figure has the 

 form of a pestle, but the opening or depres- 

 sion at one end would indicate that it was 

 used for some other unknown purpose. 

 Figure 6 is a pestle with eyes and mo>ith 

 represented at one end. while in figure 7 



