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The decorative art of the Amur tribes (1902)

Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934 · [New York] : The Museum · leaf 81

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ted to furnish theconnection with the dragon) ; above it is the design of a squirrel (/). m is aduck with a fish in its bill ; n, a lizard ; o, an elk ; /, a musk-deer; q, a cock ; r,a duck perching on the side-branch of a tree, as on the fish-skin garments; s, alizard ; t, a carp ; u, a swan with… … pinions, almost in the fashion of our escutcheon eagle. In the opposite trianglethere is a lizard, and below it a snake. In the two central triangles are twoeagles and two roosters standing opposite each other. LEAF AND FLORAL ORNAMENTS. — Not only does the delineator manifest hisartistic spirit as…

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

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