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Eidges representing the arms on each side of the stone extend back- 

 ward, forming shoulder blades, and lengthwise for upper arms to the 

 elbows, ending in hands a short distance below the chin. The legs 

 are made in low relief extending to the knees. 



A flat form of stone nodule is shown in plate 93, Z>, E. This speci- 

 men has the hands turned upward and the raised ridges representing 

 the arms inclose the face. The eyebrows arch over the eyes and are 



continued into the nose, 

 which bifurcates above 

 the teeth, inclosing the 

 mouth and forming tlie 

 lower lip. The teeth 

 are indicated by parallel 

 ridges alternating with 

 grooves. 



This specimen from 

 Gonaives, Haiti, which 

 is now, like the two pre- 

 ceding, in the Berlin 

 Museum fiir Volker- 

 kunde, was collected by 

 Dr. Grosser, German 

 consul in Haiti. 



The stone object shown 

 in figure 31, purchased 

 in Paris by Mr. Heye, 

 is cylindrical in shape, 

 with a human face cut on one end, and with arms in low relief. The 

 remarkable feature about this object is the knobs, 15 in number, ar- 

 ranged with some regularity, covering the sides and back of the body. 

 The lower part of the body and the legs of this specimen are miss- 

 ing, probably broken. The specimen is 7^ inches long and about 3J 

 inches in diameter at the level of the chin. 



In various collections stvidied by the author there occurs another 

 type of Antillean stone handiwork, the technique of which resembles 

 that on the ceremonial petaloid celt, the stone head, and the mask, but 

 in which there is no projection that might serve as a handle. These are 

 oval or spherical stone balls with face, body, limbs, or complete human 

 forms cut in relief on their surfaces. They recall the ceremonial peta- 

 loid celts of the British Museum, figured by Joyce and referred to 

 above. If, for instance, the handle of the latter were reduced in length 

 and the head made more globular, we would have the ceremonial ball 

 referred to. 



Fig. 31.- 



-Stone idol, a, Front view. 

 (7.25 inches.) 



b. Side view. 



