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specimen would seem to indicate that it was of a very different type 

 from that used by the caciques for seats, and it may have been usetl 

 for some other purpose. Unlike many other seats it has no back, 

 and the smoothness of the upper surface implies that it was not used 

 as a mortar. It may have been one of those seats on which idols were 

 placed, or it may have been used for some household god. lis re- 

 semblance to some of the known stone seats has led me to place it 

 among the duhos, several specimens of which are described in my 

 Aborigines of Porto Rico. 



The most elaborate duho made of stone is that shown in plate 

 113, B, in which we have the back prolonged beyond the seat and 

 modified into a human head. The remarkable things about this 

 si^ecimen are the arms and portions of the upper body engraved on 

 the inside surface of the back. 



FiQ. 55. — Chocolate grinder shaped like a seat or duho. (9.31 inches.) 



The seat and its short legs are not greatly unlike the corresponding 

 parts of other duhos. The anterior legs are much larger and thicker 

 than the posterior, ^and between them is a projection comparable 

 with the turtle head of the specimen just described. Neither of 

 these parts is sufficiently well cut to clearly indicate that they were 

 intended to represent any life forms. The posterior legs are longer 

 than the anterior and are destitute of ornamentation. 



That neither of these represent any part or appendages of the body 

 to which the head graven on the extremity of the back belongs is 

 evident from the position and character of the arms engraved on 

 the flat inner surface of the back of the duho. These arms are so 

 represented that the hands are folded on the breast, the four fingers 

 reaching almost to the neck. The upper arms are straight, the 

 lower curveel, a line connecting the elboves indicating the margin 

 of the junction of the body and the seat. This point of union is also 

 well marked on the rear side on a level with the elbows. The only 



