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" ... is either sandstone or wood, and the device is some animal form. In M. Guesde's specimen the material is a dark brown volcanic stone, and the device is the human form. Moreover, the position is inverted. The man is lying on his back, with his feet... "
The Aborigines of Porto Rico and Neighboring Islands - Page 206
by Jesse Walter Fewkes - 1907 - 218 pages
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Report of the Board of Regents, Volume 39, Issue 1

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1885 - 956 pages
...inverted. The man is lying on his back, with his feet drawn up to form the legs of the stool. His arms, without any attempt at accuracy of delineation are...doubtless inserted in them. The ears have large openings iu which were insorted plugs of wood, stone, shell, or feathers. The legs of the chair, just beneath...
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Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the ..., Volume 34

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - 1922 - 428 pages
...inverted. The man is lying on his back, with his feet drawn up to form the legs of the stooi. His arms, without any attempt at accuracy of delineation, are...feathers. The legs of the chair, just beneath the man's shoulders, are mere projections from the stone. The markings in the head and forehead are quite...
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Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the ..., Volume 34

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - 1912 - 420 pages
...on his back, with his feet drawn up to form the legs of the stooi. His arms, without any at" tempt at accuracy of delineation, are doubled on his neck....feathers. The legs of the chair, just beneath the man's shoulders, are mere projections from the stone. The markings in the head and forehead are quite...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1885 - 954 pages
...inverted. The man is lying on his back, with his feet drawn up to form the legs of the stool. His arms, without any attempt at accuracy of delineation are...neck. The eyes and mouth are like the same features iu all aboriginal statuary, and beautiful shells were doubtless inserted in them. The ears have large...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1885 - 954 pages
...any attempt at accuracy of delineation are doubled on his neck. The eyes and mouth are like the sa/ae features in all aboriginal statuary, and beautiful...in them. The ears have large openings in which were inPAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. serted plugs of wood, stone, shell, or feathers. The legs of the...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1885 - 958 pages
...inverted. The man is lying on his back, with his feet drawn up to form the legs of the stool. His arms, without any attempt at accuracy of delineation are...doubled on his neck. The eyes and mouth are like the sa;ue features in all aboriginal statuary-, and beautiful shells were doubtless inserted in them. The...
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