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The specimen of a massive collar that is represented in plate 95, 

 A, B, was purchased by the author "^^ from Seiior Seiyo, of Arecibo, 

 Porto Rico, and is one of the most remarkable of all. This specimen 

 is evidently a connecting link between the massive collars and the 

 slender ovate, the sj'mbolism on it belonging to the massive variety. 

 There is a remote likeness in this to the paneling of the slender ovate 

 variety, but no other collar has a head carved in such high relief. 

 Several massive stone collars have been figured by archeologists. 

 They have the general features shown in plate 97. D,^^ from Paris, 

 which is one of the heaviest of its group. Although massive collars 

 have sometimes been interpreted as unfinished specimens of the slender 

 ovate, there is every evidence that the massive type is wholly dis- 

 tinct and its symbolism should 

 be interpreted from its own char- 

 acters. We are forced to the 

 conclusion, if the slender ovate 

 is regarded as a finished form 

 of the massive, that having cut 



..up6 



one form of decoration for the 

 massive theychanged it later, in 

 making that of the slender ovate, 

 to another type of symbol. 



The vajjjous jsarts of a slender 

 ovate collar are designated in 

 figure 33 for reference and are 

 known as follows: 6, boss; dp^ 

 decorated panel; dpy^ decorated 

 panel groove; dpb^ decorated 

 panel border; dphp, decorated 

 panel border pot; p, projection; 

 8, shoulder; &&, shoulder bowl; upp, undecorated panel pit; upg, 

 undecorated panel groove. 



The corresponding parts of a massive collar are designated in the 

 accompanying cut by the same letters. There are intermediate forms 

 connecting the two groups, and the evidences appear strong that both 

 massive and slender collars had the same use. 



The collar represented in plate 96, f, shows the marginal border 

 of the panel highly decorated, while the projection modified into a 

 head recalls one with the snake's head in the museum at Bremen fig- 

 ured bv the author. 



Fig. 33. — Schi-niaiic view of stone collar. 



'^ This Iwautiful spwimen was first figured by tbe author in his article on " Porto 

 Riean Elliow-Stones in the Heye Museum." The author's figure is reproduced by Joyce, 

 " Central American and West Indian Archaeology," pi. xix. 



"The author is indebted to Prof. M. H. Saville for the photograph here reproduced. 



