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form of a slit with beveled sides. One end of this is enlarged into a 

 knob, but the surface is not decorated. While it is barely possible 

 ' that this object is a St. Kitts representation of the Porto Rican stone 

 collars and may have been used in similar rites, there is no likeness 

 to them in the superficial decoration. This is the only specimen of 

 its kind that the author has ever seen in the Lesser Antilles. 



GRINDERS 



The grinders from St. Kitts may be divided into the following 

 types: (1) Conical with circular base and pointed apex, base curved 

 or flat; (2) conical with oval base and pointed apex, base convex or 

 flat; (3) frustum of cone with narrowing sides, top slightly en- 

 larged; (4) base circular extending beyond handle, which is conical 

 or rounded at apex; (5) base oval, handle narrower than diameter 

 of base, rounded apex; (6) apex enlarged into Imolj, handle slender, 

 base larger than apical knob; (7) apex curved to one side, base larger 

 than handle; (8) spool-shaped, handle deeply cut; (9) flat, with 

 handle decorated with parallel lines. 



None of the many grinding stones in collections from St. Kitts have 

 the pestle form with a human, bird, or animal head cut on the end 

 of the handle, which is in marked contrast with the known specimens 

 of pestles from Santo Domingo and Porto Rico. 



Most of the above types of St. Kitts grinders also occur in the 

 Guesde collection from Guadeloupe, and a few specimens are repre- 

 sented elsewhere, but nowhere is there a relatively greater number of 

 grinders than in St. Kitts and Guadeloupe. One or two conical grind- 

 ers resembling those of St. Kitts have been collected in Trinidad. 

 Similar implements in the Guesde collection have been described by 

 Prof. Mason as axes. There are several stone objects shaped like 

 pencils, one of which is not much larger than one's little finger. 

 These pi-oblematical stones taper uniformly to a point. 



Two forms of grinding stones represented in plate 82, F, 6f, recall 

 forms from Guadeloupe. The former is from Dayfords; the latter 

 from the Hermitage. 



SHELL OBJECTS 



Implements and other objects of shell are abundant in the Con- 

 nell collection. The lip of the shell. Cassia tuherosus, was often the 

 material used for this purpose. Celts, axes, conoids, and raspers 

 made of shell are common, but among these specimens the Barbados 

 shoehorn-shaped shell implement is wanting. One type of shell 

 implement has the end flat and beveled, and the corrugations of the 



