Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934 · [New York] : The Museum · leaf 72
ationof two triskeles with an oval knob. The lines b are wave-lines ending below in aform reminding one of the cocks tail-feathers. The ornamental figures c and dsignify the last stage of development of the cocks of Type A, that is, of thecombatant cocks, d showing two combatant fishes in lieu of… … 42 LAUFER, THE DECORATIVE ART OF THE AMUR TRIBES. musk-deer in crouching attitude, and invested with cocks crests. The feet unitebelow in a trefoil. On their bodies are fishes, gracefully outlined. Each deerruns out into a fish-body, the forked tail of which is visible, and to which acollateral fin…
Decoration and ornament -- Amur River Valley (China and Russia)
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