Abstract
IN March, 1963, when making a brief visit to Mount Hagen, in the Central Highlands of the Territory of New Guinea, the writer was shown an unusual carved stone object by Mr. John Bastow, then manager of the Mount Hagen Hotel. Mr. Bastow said that some natives living near the Mount Hagen government post had discovered the stone while digging, and not knowing what it was, had given it to him. He has very generously donated the stone to the Peabody Museum of Harvard University. The stone is oval in shape, with a length of 13 cm., a breadth of 7*4 cm., and a maximum thickness of 5·ΐ cm. Traces of red colouring remain on it. Both faces are covered with a complex pattern of carved lines, gouges and conical pits (cf. Plates I and II). A deep groove runs around the edge of the stone. The ends are notched at right angles to this groove so as to make four ears at each end. A hole has been bored through two of these ears at opposite ends of the stone, and in one hole are fibre remnants.
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