Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934 · [New York] : The Museum · leaf 69
fish. The mouth projects and is wide open. An ovalfigure is put under its lower jaw, significant of a bright pearl.1 The serpentinebody is covered, not with scales, but with an ornamental spur-line. The tail (3) isa bushy tuft with four branches, one of which corresponds to the form of a… … 3n of Paper Patter faces turned away from each other. These are strongly conventionalized, indicating in reality only the open jaws, the scales marked as in the foregoing example.The tops of the heads are connected by a brace. Both above and below the bodyis a foot with claw. The tail consists of a…
Decoration and ornament -- Amur River Valley (China and Russia)
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