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absence of a ferrule and lens-shaped base. Its handle terminates in a 

 head, from which project widely extended ears. The eyes are rep- 

 resented but are not prominent. 



A glance at jDlate 115, 5, shows a pestle more closely allied to 

 those from Porto Eico than to those from Santo Domingo. The 

 ferrule is absent and the disk thick, even massive. The head, as 

 shown from the side, is separated by a deep groove from the handle. 



The typical form of pestles of the Porto Rico-Santo Domingo area, 

 as represented by the preceding specimens, is easily distinguished 

 from that of pestles found in the Lesser Antilles, one of which is 



Flu. 57. — Front and back views of head of an end of decayi'd pestle handle. 



shown in plate 115, ('\ I>, from front and side. AVe have in these 

 specimens no ferrule differentiating a lens from the handle, and, 

 instead of the head being cut on one end of the handle, a face is en- 

 graved on the side. 



The two heads, figure 57, represent front and back views of a 

 broken end of a pestle in the Heye collection. The grooves incised on 

 them form a strictly Antillean design, which, however, is better 

 brought out in the form of the face, ears, and mouth. The object 

 suggests Santo Domingan rather than Porto Eican art, the ends of 

 the pestle handles from the foi-mer islands being much more elab- 

 orately sculptured than those from the latter island. 



