Identifier: annualreportofbu25smithso Year: 1895 (1890s) Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Subjects: Ethnology; Indians Publisher: Washington : U. S. Govt. Print. Off. Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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Text Appearing Before Image: 118 THE ABORIGINES OF PORTO RICO pointed form, which, when seen from above, is ahnost trianguhir in profile, with eyes lateral; nostrils, pits mounted on tubercles; mouth extending backward, and lips well represented by a ridge surrounding the mouth. Back of each eye there is a triangular incised figure, and in a prominence on top of the head a small depression. There is no frontal band or ridge, or representation of ears. The surface of the object is smoothly polished and presents a mottled appearance; the rock of which the specimen is made is veiy hard. The object now being considered (a, a') is thus described by Professor Mason: Of mottled marble. The head resembles that of a hog or peccary, but is grotesque. The feet are human; the furrows aiv liroad and deeji; the left side is fuller than the right, and the bottom is deeply hollowed. Length 12..55, width 5.5, height 5.3 inches. The specimen designated h has a markedly reptilian head and is one of a few possessing teetli. The ej'es are lateral circular depressions, and the nostrils are mounted on tubercles with pits opening laterally. The

Text Appearing After Image: Fig. in. Thri'c-f.ointed stone of first type. mouth extends backward, and the two rows of teeth, one in the upper, the other in the lower, jaw, are indicated by incised lines. The pos- terior appendages are also well cut, and there are pits on the thighs that resemble eyes. Of specimen h Professor JNIason writes: A small specimen of white marble. The grotesque head resembles that of an alligator. The feet, as usual, are human. The thighs are ornamented with chevrons and circles. The furrows are narrow and shallow, the left side full, the liottom unusually cymbiform. Length 4.85, width 2, height 2.75 inches. A three-pointed .stone of singular undcscribed form is exceptional in showing the forelegs cut in relief on the side of the body. At the shoulder of each there is a shallow pit, which can be seen in several other specimens. This object (figure 18) owned by Mr Yuughannis, of Bayamon, Porto Rico, in the form of the head and in the posse.ssion of both fore and hind legs, ditfers from any other yet figured.

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