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SEMICIRCULAR STONES 



There are several semicircular stones io the Heye collection, one 

 of which, shown from front and side (fig. 32), is particularly well 



made. 



The distinctive features of this type are the semicircular form, 

 flat on one side, convex on the other, and the two ear-like lappets, 

 sometimes modified into heads, one on each side of the base, by 

 which the stone was lashed to a foreign object. In the stone heads 

 these cleats for lashings appear above the head and below the chin, 

 forming a neck, whereas in the semicircular type the ear-like lap- 

 pets are at right angles to the axis of the face when such exists. 



Fig. 32. — Semiciroula* .stone with face, from front and side. (7.31 inclies.) 



The face on this specimen is indicated by a well-made circle, 

 within which are two circular pits of equal size, side by side, for the 

 eyes, and a third, oval in form, for the mouth, all three being sur- 

 rounded by ridges. 



STONE COLLARS 



There are no more characteristic objects from the West Indies 

 than the so-called stone collars, which are prehistoric in origin and 

 of unknown use. These objects appear to be confined to Porto 

 Kico and Haiti, although specimens in some of the European mu- 

 seums are labeled from the Lesser Antilles. The Heye collection 

 contains several stone collars, one of which (pi. 95, A, B) is unique. 



The stone collars of Porto Rico and Santo Domingo have a variety 

 of forms which admit of a classification. There are two great types 

 known from characteristics that are evident — the massive and the 

 slender ovate. Both massive and slender collars are secondarily 

 divided into two groups, right and left handed, accordingly as the 

 knob is on the right or left hand side as the collar is placed in a 

 natural position.'" 



M The " natural position " would seem to be in case of the slender ovate with the 

 pointed pole uppermost, the panels facing the oiiserrer. In the massive collars, when 

 there is no pointed pole, the situation of the panels determines the upper pole. 



