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arms, but in place of them is a perforation near the end of one arm, 

 as in the Latimer specimen. The sulcus is absent. 



" 3. Pinart specimen. — The Pinart elbow stone, said to have been 

 at one time in the Trocadero Museum, Paris, belongs to that p:roup 

 in which the left arm is the larger and bears an oval face, wliich 

 has large open mouth, prominent ears, and headband, with a circular 

 pit over the forehead. Representations of arms, legs, and umbilicus 

 are present; the legs are separated by a triangular depression as in 

 a former specimen. In the figure given by Pinart there are indica- 

 tions of the grooves or furrows of the terminal ends of both arms, 

 but as his illustration is imperfect this feature is difficult to de- 

 termine satisfactorily. 



" B. AKM WITHOUT FACE. HUT WITH PAKEL 



"a. Panel on the riyJit arm 



" There are five specimens of elbow stones with flat panels instead 

 of figures on the arms. Three of these are in the American Museum 

 of Natural History-, New York; a single specimen of the same 

 type is in the National INIuseum collection; and there is one in the 

 Heye Museum. All, except the last, are right-handed. 



" These objects are simpler in form than those of the previous 

 group, otherwise they are of the same general character. Each has 

 a sulcus on the surface of one arm, which, however, is without encir- 

 cling arm grooves. Although the panel pit, a constant feature of the 

 panel, is about uniform in position, it varies in shape and size in the 

 several specimens. From its general shape and simplicity it would 

 ajjpear that the panel in these specimens served as a base to which 

 another oliject, possibly a stone head, was attached. 



" The specimen in the National Museum is said to have been col- 

 lected at Vieques Island, a new locality from which elbow stones 

 have been recorded. Tlie paneled arm of this specimen is long and 

 slender, the other limb short and grooved, but with a well-marked 

 sulcus not shown in the figure. 



" h. I'anel on the left arm 



" 1. Heye Museum specimen. — Tlie left-handed elbow stone [pi. 99, 

 B'\ in the Heye Museum is a fine specimen, surpassing the others 

 of the same group in form and suijerficial polish. Its left arm ends 

 in a series of fluted joints, but is without a sulcus; the right arm is 

 short, with an encircling groove. The panel is almost wholly oc- 

 cujjied by an elongate oval depression, in which is a second oval pit, 

 the surfaces of both of which are smooth. The panel is surrounded 

 by a polished border slightly raised and evenly rounded. 



