SIMILAE STONES FBOM SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA. M7 



In Mr. Vaux's collection, also, there are two of these Peruvian clnb- 

 stones with points. The largest is from Huatasani, near Lake Titicaca. 

 This is made of a granitic mineral, and has six rounded projections. The 

 bole is straight and a little over an inch in diameter. The stone is about 

 l£ inches thick and 4£ across, measured from opposite points. The other 

 specimen is made of a much softer stone, and is from Solida. It is of the 

 same shape as the first, but is a little smaller. 



Mr. Evans* also mentions "a perforated spheroidal ball of hard red 

 stone," of which he says this is "of a different type from any. of those which 

 I have described, and which came from Peru. It is about 3 inches in diame- 

 ter, with a parallel hole an inch across. Around the outside are engraved 

 four human faces, each surmounted by a sort of mitre. It may be the head 

 of a mace " 



In the Peabody Museum there is another of these stones with rays. 

 In this instance the stone is very much weathered, but it is considered 

 by Mr. Wadsworth to be andesite. The rays, ten in number, are short and 

 thick, and do not project over one-quarter of an inch. They were evi- 

 dently formed by notching the original circular outline in ten places at 

 nearly equal distances apart. This stone is 3£ inches in greatest diameter 

 and li inches in thickness. The hole is countersunk, and only half an inch 

 in diameter in its centre, where there is a sharp ridge, while at each face its 

 diameter is \\ inches. This specimen (P. M., 9699) shown on Plate X, 

 Fig. 16, is from Puntas Arenas, Central America, and was received with 

 another (P. M., 9698) from the same locality, also represented on the same 

 plate, Fig. 19. As will be seen by the figure, this second Central American 

 specimen, which is made of a piece of compact andesite, is circular in out- 

 line. It is 2f inches in diameter and If in thickness. The perforation is 

 1\ inches in diameter on each face, and tapers to the centre, where its 

 width is half an inch less than on either face. 



Mr. Vaux's collection contains four perforated stones from Costa Rica, 

 which are of unusual interest. One of them is made of lava, and is 3 

 inches in diameter by 2£ in thickness, and the periphery is so cut as 

 to form a row of eight bosses. The perforation in this stone is about ; | 



* Ancient Stone Implements of Great Britain, p. 207. 



