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to some objection. In none of these are there representations of 

 body or legs carved in stone with the head. 



Stone Heads 



One of the most interesting forms of stone heads in the Heye col- 

 lection is shown in plate 91, B, and represented from the side in plate 

 91, C. This head is globular, with two projections on the back, one 

 above on the crown of the head and the other below under the chin. 

 The cheeks are marked by depressions, one on each, and above each 

 depression there is a ridge, which becomes so pronounced in the fol- 

 lowing specimens from the Pinart collection in the Trocadero Mu- 

 seum that they seem to show the bones of the jaws or to resemble 

 skulls, suggesting a death god. 



An illustration showing one of these heads with pronounced like- 

 ness to a human cranium is shown in plate 92, A, from the Troca- 

 dero Museum. This object, the gift of Mr. Schochler to the museiun, 

 was found in Porto Rico, and measures 0.i45 by 0.09 m. It has a pro- 

 longation in the place of a neck by which it was attached to some 

 foreign body. 



The head shown in plate 92, B, is cut in low relief on a stone 

 nodule 0.12 by 0.09 m., and has visible projections by which it could 

 have been attached to a foreign object. The nose. lips, and eyebrows 

 are cut in low relief, the eyes and the mouth being indicated by shal- 

 low depressions. 



The stone head shown in plate 92. D, is said to have come from 

 Martinique, although it recalls in general features those from Santo 

 Domingo. This specimen has been so mounted as to resemble a 

 bust, and lias marked European technique with the exception of the 

 earrings, which show decided Antillean features. This bust is in 

 the Trocadero Museum, Paris, and measures 0.20 by 0.18 m. I have 

 many doubts of its prehistoric character, but have introduced it 

 here to show the manner in which tlie ear ornaments were set in 

 the lower lobe of the ear. It is mounted in a way different from 

 that implied in the forms of other specimens, where the neck was 

 probably lashed to a stave or staff. 



Stone Nodules and BIasks 



A stone face in the Heye collection represented in plate 94. C. has 

 all the essential features of these objects as figured in the author's 

 Aborigines of Porto Rico. 



The surface on which the face is cut is flat, the opposite convex, 

 without prolongation or groove for attachment. The features that 

 distinguish this mask from others are the two triangular engraved 

 figures below the mouth which probably represent the limbs or body. 



