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PEEFOEATED STONES. 



Fig. 44. 



(P. M. 9296). Fig. 44 does not show the exact outline of the stone, as the 

 artist has tilted the specimen forward so as to give a view of the upper 



end of the hole, and thus 

 represented the stone as 

 more globular than a 

 direct view would have 

 shown. Fig. 44« is a 

 diagonal view of the un- 

 der side of the stone, 

 showing the nearly 

 straight and smooth per- 

 foration, and also several 

 of the small punctures, 

 seventeen in number, 

 which form an irregular 

 row around the lower 

 Fig. 45 is a view looking 



Fig. 44a. 



Perforated stone from island of Santa Cruz. 



portion of the stone, as seen in the three figures 



directly into the hole from the under side, where it is 1 J inches in diameter, 



while at the top, as shown 

 in Fig. 44, the hole is \ 

 of an inch smaller. 



The other specimen 

 (P. M. 9298) from Santa 

 Cruz differs from the one 

 just described in being 

 slightly more conical in 

 outline, and in having a 

 groove cut around the up- 

 per margin of the hole, 

 thus forming a rim not 

 quite a quarter of an inch 

 wide. The surface of each 

 of these stones has been 

 carefully smoothed. 



Perforated stone ; side yiew of hole of Fig. 44. 



