Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934 · [New York] : The Museum · leaf 70
away from each other. The hornsare fashioned after the cocks tail-feathers. The heads of the dragons on the long 1 See Grunwedel in Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin, 1901, p. 215. LAUFER, THE DECORATIVE ART OF THE AMUR TRIBES. 39 side are connected by a brace.… … bling cock-feathers. In the centre of the middle field is a rosette, the elements ofwhich are made up of conventional designs of fishes. Above follow two cock-fishes, each in a spiral. Connected with the central rosette by a narrow band isan elliptical figure with an ornamental ring inside, between…
Decoration and ornament -- Amur River Valley (China and Russia)
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