_Nicaragua._--The specimen shown in fig. 359, from Omotepe Island, Lake
Nicaragua, is one of a series of pottery spindle-whorls, bearing, however,
great resemblance to those of stone. Fig. 360 shows a specimen from the
same locality. It is of pottery and bears much resemblance in form to the
earliest whorls found by Schliemann on the site of Troy on the hill of
Hissarlik. Both these were collected by Dr. J. F. Bransford, and are in
the U. S. National Museum. Fig. 361 shows a specimen from Granada,
Nicaragua. It is of the common shape of the European prehistoric
spindle-whorl. Its flat surface is decorated with a Greek cross in incised
lines, two quarters of which are filled with hatch marks. Fig. 362 shows a
terra-cotta spindle-whorl from Malacate, Nicaragua. It is cone-shaped.
Both these specimens were collected by Dr. Earl Flint.
[Illustration: Fig. 361. TERRA-COTTA SPINDLE-WHORL. Granada, Nicaragua.
Cat. No. 23295, U. S. N. M.]
[Illustration: Fig. 362. TERRA-COTTA SPINDLE-WHORL. Malacate, Nicaragua.
Cat. No. 29009, U. S. N. M.]