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The decorative art of the Amur tribes (1902)

Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934 · [New York] : The Museum · leaf 36

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ows of spiral ornaments placed one above another. In this designare found numerous conventionalized fishes. CIRCLE-ORNAMENTS. — In a few ornaments the circle is also used as a fundamental form. Figs. 10 and n are both Gilyak birch-bark patterns used for anembroidery that was plaited into the hair…

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

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