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A second specimen (pi. 101. B) in the Heye Museum is closely 

 allied to that group of three-pointed stones with a representation of a 

 human head on the anterior end, and shows a pair of pits on each side 

 of the middle line of tlie conoid projection near the apex. These 

 pits, unlike those of the last specimen, are without encircling lines, 

 and are destitute of the lines on the side of the specimen, plate 101, A. 

 The mouth is represented widely opened, recalling that of a fish. 

 The form of the legs is quite exceptional, being unlike those of the 

 majority of three-pointed stones of the subgroujD to which it be- 

 longs. 



The si^ecimen (pi. 101, C) belongs to the same group as those 

 already considered, but differs from them in wanting two pits on the 

 side of the conoid projection; the ear is riulely engraved, lips not 

 being well represented. Its legs are drawn up; eyes barely outlined. 

 The frontal fillet on the forehead is smooth and undecorated. 



This specimen (pi. 101, D) in the Museum fiir Volkerkunde in 

 Berlin, has the typical human form of a three-pointed stone of 



the first type. The frontal fillet is not 

 clearly indicated, and the legs or posterior 

 appendages are rudely cut. The apex of 

 the conical projection leans slightly for- 

 ward, the body being short and thick. 



The specimen (pi. 102, ^4) differs from 

 all others thus far considered in the form 

 of its posterior appendages, which are 

 folded backward and notched at the ends. 

 The frontal fillet is not differentiated 

 from the eyebrows, the nose being some- 

 what broken and the ears being obscurely 

 represented. The form of the head sepa- 

 rates this specimen from any in the group 

 of three-pointed stones with human heads 

 to which it belongs. It is rudely carved, 

 its legs being in low relief and the ears not even indicated. This speci- 

 men has the ai^jjearance of never having been finished, notwith- 

 standing which it shows unmistakably marked features of the first 

 group. 



A three-pointed stone shown in plate 102, 5, has its mouth wide 

 open, like one of the specimens above represented. The body is 

 very long as compared with its height, and the apex of the conical 

 projection does not bend forward. The head suggests a liuman being, 

 its fillet being without engraved decoration. The ears are indicated 

 by incised circles and triangles. 



Fig. 



50. — Three-pointed stone, 

 first type. 



