The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1908)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · New York, The McClure Co.; London, E. Grant Richards · leaf 347
gold ornaments of similar shape areamong those which were worn in ancient Peru. The moon, from times of remote antiquity, hasbeen represented by a ring for the full moon and a 294 THE HERITAGE OF DRESS half-ring or sickle for the crescent. Miss Eckensteindoes not, however, carry the origin of the… … Fig. 163.—An English horse amulet in the form of a crescent. Theflat places near the tips of the horns are evidence that the form isderived from two boars tusks. sharpness of curve that would be evident in onewhich was made out of boars tusks. We may point out that in some English crescentsthe…
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