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parently unbroken at their extremities, and the face is cut on the 

 right limb. Instead of the encircling grooves on the arm bearing 

 the face, the arm is perforated near its end. where it is crossed by a 

 single transverse groove supposed to serve the same purpose as the 

 grooves in tlie fluted specimens above considered; in other words, 

 for attachment to a staff or some other object. The oval face, eyes, 

 nose, and mouth are typical of Antillean art. The headband has 

 a pit medially placed above the forehead and is ornamented by a 

 series of parallel incised lines. The slightly protruding ears at 

 the termini of the headband have large circular pits. The shorter 

 arm has a shallow longitudinal groove (sulcus?) and obscure elbow 

 band. 



Fig. 49. — Elbow-stone in the Latimer collection. Side and front views. 

 (Length 7} inches.) 



" h. I'ucc on the left arm 



" 1. American Museum specimen. — Among the elbow stones in the 

 American Museum of Natural History there is an instructive speci- 

 men in which an arm is ornamented with a human face in relief, por- 

 tions of the body, and anterior appendages; the legs are drawn to- 

 gether and merge into a beaded end with longitudinal sulcus and 

 accompanying encircling grooves. The face sculptured on this speci- 

 men is oval, the cheeks are prominent, the eyes and mouth circular. 

 The ear pits are prominent, and the fillet or headband bears a medial 

 circular protuberance with its accompanying pit. The arms are bent ; 

 the legs are separated above by a space in which is a triangular 

 dej)ression. The umbilicusi, is indicated by a circular design. The 

 shorter arm is girt by parallel grooves and tajjers to a rounded 

 extremity. 



" 2. Amer-ican Museum specimen. — In the same museum there is 

 a second specimen of elbow stone, on the left arm of which is carved 

 a rude face. This example is broken on one edge. It has no grooved 



