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The decorative art of the Amur tribes (1902)

Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934 · [New York] : The Museum · leaf 138

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es. The edges are adorned withdark blue, yellow, medium blue, and darkblue stripes of Japanese cotton, arrangedsomewhat like a key pattern. The dark blue stripes are broad along the innerside or slit of the garment, and narrow along the outer edge of the border. Thebroad ones are covered with a… … 72 LAUFER, THE DECORATIVE ART OF THE AMUR TRIBES. ornaments a continuous spur-line. This motive, only double, is employed likewiseon the other borders, and so intertwined that a long-extended oval figure isproduced. Through the middle of this figure is a red line forming a lozenge inthe centre. The…

Decoration and ornament -- Amur River Valley (China and Russia)

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