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narrow orifice. The details of the head are evident from the ilhxs- 

 tration, but an unusual feature is the connecting band whose outlines 

 inclose the pit representing the eye and the opening of the nostrils. 

 The use of a vessel of the form indicated by this fragment is not 

 apparent, and the animalistic head is unlike that of any other known 

 to the author. 



The fragment, plate 68, i?, shows a handle and part of a spoon 

 collected in the Grenadines. Many fragmentary specimens of like 

 objects occur in the coll^ection. It would appear that the frag- 

 ment, plate 68, C , is part of a cylindrical vessel pointed at one end 

 and probably modified into a head at the opposite end ; but whether 

 this vase was an effigy vessel or not is not clear. The part figured is 

 exceptional in form and unlike any known bowl from the West 

 Indies. 



PENDANTS 



The perforated stones for pendants found in St. Vincent and 

 Grenada closely resemble those from the island of Guadeloupe, but 

 are as a rule somewhat better made. A number of these pendants 

 are in the Heye Museum and were collected by Rev. Mr. Huckerby, 

 of St. Vincent. 



In their simplest form they are stone nodules perforated near the 

 border, as shown in plate 69, A,B, C. These differ mainly in form, 

 the last mentioned, plate 69, C, being shaped like a human kidney. 

 Plate 69, B, represents a spherical pendant and A^a pendant of ir- 

 regular shape, the perforations in both instances being angular and 

 not beveled. 



In the specimen illustrated in plate 69, />, we find a pendant in 

 the form of an irregular nodule, the perforation being beveled on 

 each end. There is no question that the hole was for suspension by 

 a cord. This nodule is well polished, except at one point where its 

 surface shows marks of pecking. The surface of the heart-shaped 

 pendant, plate 69, E^ is crossed by grooves spirally wound about it, 

 the perforation having beveling on each end. Plate 69, F. represents 

 a pendant, rectangidar in form, made of greenstone, its outlines re- 

 calling those of an ungrooved ax. The perforation is minute, not 

 beveled. The stone figures, plate 69, G, 77, /. are made of slate, 

 pointed at each end, rounded on one surface, and flattened on op- 

 posite margins. The perforations, when present (Cr, /), are situated 

 near the edge about midway in its length. In plate 69, H, we have 

 representations of crescentic stones, so allied to the former that they 

 appear to connect them with more aberrant types. 



One pendant, plate 69, ./, in the St. Vincent collection was at- 

 tached to a necklace or other foreign body by a groove at one pole, 

 which is pointed. 



