70 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 
Human figure of pale green stone, sculptured in the round. Length 5.8 em., 
breadth 3em. Pl. XXXV, Fig. 8. (Nat. Mus. of Costa Rica, No. 8489.) 
Celt of serpentine (?); human figure highly conventionalized, the head being 
divided in the middle almost to the same depth as the division between the legs. 
Length 4.6 cm., breadth 2.6 cm. Pl. XXXV, Fig. 9. (Cat. No. 77532.) 
Celt of serpentine (?); human figure, highly conventionalized. Length 9 cm., 
preaditin 247 emis ae eNOXOXGY eo iiomns (Oem (Catay Nome .3) 
Celt of green bowenite; human figure. Broken. Length 8.7 em., breadth 2.9 
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Celt of green bowenite (?); human figure with both hands against the chin. 
Length 9.5 cm., breadth 3.9cm. Pl. XXXV, Fig. 12. (Cat. No. 43%2.) 
Celt of green bowenite, simian figure. Length 3.9 cm., breadth 2.9 em. Pl. 
ROGGE ies shen (Cat. Nowae.s) 
Celt of whitish stone; human figure with three longitudinal slits, two serving 
for separating the arms from the body, the third possibly for marking the sex. 
Length 9.7 cm., breadth 4.4 em. Pl. XXXV, Fig. 14. (Nat. Mus. of Costa 
Rica, No. 7834.) 
Fig. 16. Celt of serpentine (?); human figure with arms crossed on breast, 
Length 6.7 cm., breadth 2.2cem. Pl. XXXV, Fig. 16. (Cat. No. 73332.) 
Celt of whitish stone; monkey-like figure with broad snout and in sitting posi- 
tion. Length 6.8 cm., breadth 2 cm. Pl. XXXV, Fig. 17. (Nat. Mus. of Costa 
Rica, No. 8488.) 
Celt of green jade; human (?) figure. Length 6.8 cm., breadth 3.1 cm. PI. 
XXXV, Fig. 24. (Cat. No. 2222.) | 
(b) Ormithomorphic Celt-shaped Anvulets. 
This group, although well represented in numbers at Las Guacas, is comparatively 
smaller than the former. Only parrots, and in a smaller number of instances 
owls, appear to be embodied in the celt-shaped amulets. As is the case with the 
bird-shaped banner-stones, intermediate forms occur here also. 
Bird-celts may be arranged in two large groups, according to their general shape. 
The first group resembles in general shape the common type of anthropomorphic 
celts, being apparently parted, rather thin, with the upper half of the front slightly 
convex, the lower half flat, the back also flat, usually with the ridge left in cutting 
still remaining and not polished away. ‘Typical specimens are illustrated on PI. 
XXXYV, Figs. 19, 20, 21, and 25. In the second and largest group, apparently no 
partition of the original celt has taken place, the whole back being more or less con- 
