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(d) (Pl. XXIX, Fig. 4.). Animal of gray stone resembling the last. Height 
or ems Neneth lOr3vem.) (Cat, No, 2732) 
(e) (Pl. XXIX, Fig. 6.) Animal of brown stone having a head with strange 
2.9'3:9 
features. Height 6.4 cm., length 10.2 cm. (Cat. No. 32357.) 
6, Alligators. 
(a) (Pl. XXX, Figs. 1-2.) Alligator of grayish-white stone with nose curved 
and a herring-bone design along the frontal bone. The ears are represented by 
cylindrical knobs, which are encircled by grooves, and may have served for securing 
the club to the handle. The pike-shaped tail is adorned with converging grooves. 
Length 15.4 cm., breadth 7.4 em. (Nat. Mus. of Costa Rica, No. 8937.) 
(b) (Pl. XXX, Fig. 3.) Alligator of white stone with broad greenish streaks. 
The thick heavy nose is turned up and adorned with a herring-bone design. The 
truncated tail is also turned upwards and adorned with two herring-bone designs, 
the one on the top transverse, the other on the under side longitudinal. Length 
9.2 cm., breadth 7.8 em. (Cat. No. 4%%2.) | 
(c) (Pl XXX, Fig. 4.) Alligator of white stone with ear knobs. Tail without 
ornamentation. Length 17.7 em., breadth 7.6 em. (Nat. Mus. of Costa Rica, 
No. 8942.) 
(d) (PI. XXX, Fig. 5.) Alligator of grayish white stone with slightly curved 
nose and a herring-bone design on the frontal bone. The pike-shaped tail is adorned 
with converging grooves. Length 13.6 cm., breadth 6.8 em. (Cat. No. 4%%3”.) 
(e) (Pl. XXX, Fig. 6.) Alligator of white stone with conical ear knobs. Length 
19 cm., breadth 9cm. (Nat. Mus. of Costa Rica, No. 8933.) 
(f) (Pl. XXVI, Fig. 6.) Alligator of gray stone. Length 13.8 cm., breadth 9 
em. (Nat. Mus. of Costa Rica, No. 8927.) 
(g) (PI. XXVI, Fig. 9.) Alligator (?), highly conventionalized. Height 4.4 
em., length 10.6 em. (Cat. No. 43337.) 
7. Clubs Without Any Zoomorphic Characters. 
These are comparatively few in number and do not vary much in form. The 
following are the commonest types. 
(a) (Pl. XX XI, Fig. 1.) Club-head, ring-shaped, and having four cone-shaped 
protuberances, each of which is adorned with three encircling incisions. Height 4.4 
cm., diameter 8.7 cm. (Nat. Mus. of Costa Rica, No. 3319.) 
(b) (Pl. XX XI, Fig. 2.) Club-head of basaltic lava, star-shaped, having nine 
points. Diameter 10.2 cm., thickness 3cm. (Nat. Mus. of Costa Rica, No. 7564.) 
