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The fine pestle shown in figure 58 closely resembles those from Santo 

 Domingo. It is elsewhere described and figured in the article, '' Fur- 

 ther notes on the archeology of Porto Eico,""'^ 

 and is now in the United States National Museum. 



This specimen was presented to the Smithsonian 

 Institution by Senor Don Juan Cabezas, of Caro- 

 lina, Porto Eico, and, according to its label, was 

 plowed up near his estate. It is made of a hard, 

 smoothly polished stone, and is one of the finest 

 examples of pestles from Porto Rico. The handle 

 is elongated, slightly tapering, with a well-carved 

 head at one end and a lens with slightlj' chipped 

 periphery at the other. This pestle, unfortu- 

 nately, has been broken at the neck. The handle 

 has no ferrule. The lips, nose, ej'es, and ears are 

 well carved in high relief. Each side of an eleva- 

 tion on the crown of the head beare a ring-like 

 IDrotuberance unlike anything in other described 

 pestles from this region. This specimen measures 

 7^ inches in length. 



The lobate stone shown in figure 59 belongs to 

 a type the use of which is unknown. It has cer- 

 tain relationships to the three-pointed tj^pe of 

 idol, but its form is quite different, and it maj' 

 have been used as a rubber. 



This object came from Haiti, according to the label in the Museum 

 fiir Volkerkunde, where the specimen is now on exliibition. I have 



Fig. 58. — Stoue pestle 

 with he.nd on end of 

 the liandle. 



Fig. 59. — Problematical stone implement, prolj 

 ably when in use lashed to a wooden handle 

 (4.5 inches.) 



personally placed it among the gi-inding implements, not, however, 

 without some misgivings, as it seems to be unique among pi'ehistoric 

 Porto Rican or Antillean objects. 



"Amer. Anthrop., n. s., vol. x, No. 4. 1908. 



