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The various stones illustrated in figure 10 include forms of pend- 

 ants, triangular stones of unknown significance, and ornaments. 



One form of amulet (pi. 36, yl) in the Heye collection resembles 

 in several particulars a specimen in the Vienna Museum figured by 

 Dr. Heger (see fig. 61). This specimen resembles in form a wonn or 

 centipede and has appendages to the head, the body being divided into 

 segments by grooves. 



The amulet in the Heye collection shown in plate 36, i?, is rec- 

 tangular in shape, much broader than wide, with a wing on each 

 side of the body. The head of this specimen has two perfo- 

 rations, and is separated 

 from the body by a slightly 

 curved groove. There are 

 similar perforations near the 

 upjier edges of the wings. 

 In the center of the body 

 of the amulet there is a 

 pit surrounded by a circle, 

 from which extend cuned 

 lines, indicating appendages 

 with some likeness to legs. 

 The form and markings on 

 this specimen suggest a con- 

 ventionalized animal, as a 

 bird, while the position of 

 the marginal perforations 

 indicates that it maj' have 

 been used as a pendant. The 

 surface is smooth and highly 

 polished, as if worn or much 

 handled by its former owner. 

 The form of the amulet (pi. 

 36, C) from the Heye collec- 

 tion approaches that last mentioned, but the different parts are more 

 conventionalized. This amulet, probably a fetish, is quadrangular in 

 form, slightly curved on one surface and almost flat on the oppo- 

 site. At about one-third its length the speciriien is crossed by a 

 deep groove extending from the margin to the middle of one side; 

 other deep grooves mark off a triangular figure that may have been 

 intended for a head. It is probable that this stone was used as 

 a pendant attached to a necklace, serving as a fetish for personal 

 jirotection or as an ornament. 



The small, conical, well-worn, and perforated stone (pi. 36, D) 

 recalls the stones shaped like cones above described, but differs from 



Fiu. 10.— Stone pendants. (3, 1.3S, 2.44, 1.1 

 3.31 inches.) 



