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each side. An exceptional feature of this specimen is the four flat 

 circular disks or knobs, one in each quadrant, attached to the sides. 

 The bases of attachment of these disks adjoin, their diameter being 

 about half the whole length of the object. This unique object is well 

 polished and may be considered one of the finest specimens of Antillean 

 stonework. 



AMULETS 



One of the shell amulets in the Heye collection is the best made of 

 these objects known to the author. It is represented in plate 116, Z), 

 and while in general features it resembles fetishes or amulets figured 

 elsewhere,**^ it has certain features that are characteristic. The head 

 of this amulet is well cut, showing mouth with rows of teeth, eyes, 

 nose, and crest on the forehead. The forearms are fluted in such a 

 way as to bring the hands below the chin with palms pointed out- 

 ward. The body is elongated into a round shaft, which terminates 

 in an angular, cubical enlargement, to which the posterior append- 

 ages, the parts of which are not clearly indicated, are attached. The 

 back of the head is perforated from side to side, on a level with the 

 nose, indicating that the object was formerly susi^ended. The general 

 form of this object and its perforations leads me to regarcj it a 

 pendant worn with beads as a necklace about the neck. 



Several amulets (pi. 116, C) from Santo Domingo resemble those 

 the author has already figured, but one or two are better examples 

 and have characteristic features. The specimen shown from face and 

 back in plate 116, E, resembles that on plate lxxxvii of my Porto 

 Eico memoir.*^ It has a perforation for suspension, which is shown 

 in the figures. 



In another amulet (pi. 116, F) there is a disk-like addition to the 

 head, recalling the tabla or table added to the heads of wooden 

 images. This table addition appears to be typical of several speci- 

 mens, all from Santo Domingo. The ear projections are prominent 

 features in several of these amulets. 



One of the most remarkable amulets from Guadeloupe is now in 

 the Vienna Museimi, and was described by Prof. Franz Heger.*^" 



The tliree views given in figure 61 show the form of this amulet 

 from the front, back, and side. The exceptional feature is the exist- 

 ence of four constrictions dividing the body of the specimen into five 

 regions and imparting to it the form of a segmented animal like a 

 worm or centipede. Each of the body segments has markings on the 

 sides that might be mistaken for legs. They have the form of simple 

 grooves, sometimes, as in the first segment, bifurcated. This like- 

 ness to a centipede is enhanced by the form of a proboscis-like ap- 

 jiendage to the head and the form of eyes and mouth. The relative 



™ Aborigines of Porto Rico, Twenty-flfth Ann. Ecpt. Bur. Amer. Ethn. 



*°" .\us den Sammlungen der anthropologi.sch-etlinographischen -Vbtheilung des k. k. 

 naturliistoiischen IInfmu.>ieums in Wien, Mittheil. der Anthrop Gesell. in Wien, Bd. ix, 

 p. 132, pi. I, Wien, 1880. 



