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Numerous heads made of earthenware, evidently the handles of 

 bowls or jars, occur in the Connell collection. That figured here 

 (pi. 84, J, K) recalls Grenada ware, the mouth being represented by 

 an elevation, the eyes by a dot surrounded by a circle. There is an 

 elevated Icnob on the forehead and a pair of similar knobs on each 

 side of the face. 



One of the most instructive specimens of St. Kitts pottery in the 

 Connell collection is a broken jar of bright red ware with superficial, 

 indistinct, white figures. This rare specimen (pi. 85, ^1) was found 

 on the Brighton estate, Cayon, St. Kitts, and although partly broken 

 is one of the most remarkable pieces of pottery from this island. 

 The specimen evidently formerly had two handles opposite each 

 other on the rim, one of which is now broken. The remaining han- 

 dle, an animal head, is attached to the rim of the vessel, with mouth 

 over the edge and large goggle eyes. From the head there extends 

 a slim rounded handle attached midway in the curved side of the 

 upper part of the bowl. 



The bowl is mounted on a base flaring below and of somewhat less 

 diameter above. The ware is thick. Possibly this was a moi'tuary 

 vessel. This specimen is the best known to me from the island of 

 St. Kitts. 



The bowl figured in plate 85, i?, found in an excavation in the 

 road of the Cunningham estate, is practically of the same pattern as 

 the "monkey vases" made by modern negroes of Xevis and sold in 

 St. Kitts. It is of rough gray ware and has a snout with handles 

 on each side. The base is flat, mouth somewhat constricted, snout 

 protuberant, body of the vase enlarged at the equator and sloping to 

 base and mouth. 



A platter of thick red ware (pi. 85, C) with a prolongation of 

 the rim on one side, decorated on the interior with a double scroll, 

 is fragmentary, but enough remains to indicate the general form. 

 The bottom is flat, without basal ring, and the lip is slightly re- 

 curved. This specimen was found at the botanical station on the 

 island of Nevis. 



The pot here shown (pi. 85, D) was dug out of a grave at the Mills 

 estate, and is a fine example of an amphora, few of which occur in 

 the known collections. The lower part tapers uniformly to a flat 

 circular base from an angular middle ridge, which narrows to the 

 orifice and forms the lip. The two slender handles are attached to 

 this part of the vessel. 



The comparatively large food bowl of reddish color shown in 

 plate 85, E, has a wide flaring orifice slightly turned back. The 

 ibase of this pot is circular, flat, and its sides slightly bulge midway 



