MACCURDY— CULT OF THE AX 



does he state that the specimen had been published by the latter. He 

 does refer to the broken end of the handle, although the break is not 

 indicated in his illustration. Hamy does not mention the fact that 

 the specimen had been found (for the second time) in the Rhone near 

 Valence; he simply says that it is of the "same origin" as the one from 

 Santo Tomas de Janico. Professor Hamy seems to have overlooked 

 Cartailhac's previous reference to this speci- 

 men, as has also Professor Saville, 1 who 

 bases his illustration on that of Hamy, and 

 who even goes so far as to say that the 

 specimen was "found near Santo Tomas de 

 Janico, in the province of Santiago, Santo 

 Domingo." That all three authors are deal- 

 ing with one and the same object there can 

 be no doubt. Saville states that this ax and 

 the one that is known to have been found 

 near Santo Tomas de Janico are the only 

 examples of this type that have been found 

 in the West Indies. On the other hand 

 Cartailhac 2 deplores the curious coincidence 

 of the finding, shortly prior to 1886 on the 

 hills that dominate Toulouse to the south 

 (collection of Mons. A. de Sevin), of an- 

 other example, "sculptee de la meme 

 maniere, pareille en un mot", and likewise 

 incomplete. 



Cartailhac also illustrates three other 

 splendid examples of various types of the 

 monolithic ax, all believed by him to have 

 come without doubt from the West Indies 

 and none of which is mentioned by Hamy 

 or Saville. One of these (fig. 5), belonging 

 to the Musee de Lyon, is not unlike the ape-like effigy ax shown in 

 the preceding and belonging to a type known to have come from 

 Santo Domingo. The specimen is complete. The workmanship on 

 the head is of a superior order, and the arms are indicated in relief. 

 In addition the pommel-end of the handle is carved to suggest an 

 animal head with the eye distinctly outlined and closely resembling 

 the handle of a monolithic ax from Santo Domingo figured by Saville 



Fig. 5. — Monolithic ax with 

 effigy handle representing an 

 ape ; probably from Santo Do- 

 mingo. 14. (Musee de Lyon. 

 After Cartailhac.) 



1 Monolithic Axes and their Distribution in Ancient America, Contributions from- the Museum 

 of the American Indian, II, no. 6., pi. m, fig. 5. 



2 Op. cit. 



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