Prehistoric objects from a shell-heap at Erin bay, Trinidad (1914)
Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930 · Lancaster, Pa., New era Print. Co. · leaf 30
ith the unbroken turtle effigy vase figured by CoUens, to which reference has already been made. Although nearly half Fig. 68. — Fragment of a turtle efiPgy bowl. of this specimen is absent, enough remains to enable a determination of its form and of the general character of the relief decoration,… … Fig. 69. — Effigy bowl possibly representing a turtle. the nostrils are indicated by pits, the eyes by slits. The tail consists of two buttons separated by grooves, and the fore and hind 1 Unlike the clay turtle figured by Collens, this specimen has no raised rim about the base. We know from…
Kitchen-middens
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