A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 601
ily of a lack of interest in, or power over,decoration, but are supposed to give certainmoral characteristics, such as bravery or ferocityin war, to the figures. In the houses of chiefs,where alone such carved work is common, thedoor oj)enings and the occasional window open-ings are sometimes… … figure terminating in a characteristic human head with protruding tongue, which is rei»e!ited in the heads or handles of war clulw and pro- 1032
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