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...formed him into a stone; while others, going a-fishing, were also caught by the sun and were changed into trees. As for the sun and moon, they, too, came from a certain grotto, called Giovava, to which, says Fray Ramon, the Indians paid PLATE III Antillean stone ring, of the ovate type, with carved panels. Stone rings, or "collars, " form one of the types of symbolic stones from this region the significance of which has so profoundly puzzled archaeologists. Reference to their possible meaning will be found on page 24 and in the note (page 350) there referred to. The specimen here figured is in the Museum of the American Indian, New York. Joyce (Central American Archaeology, pages 189-91) interprets the design as a human figure. The disks on either side of the head are ear-plugs; arms and hands may be seen supporting them; the pit be- tween the elbows is the umbilicus; while the legs are represented by the upper segments of the dec- orated panels exterior to the disks. THE ANTILLES 29...

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