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Evolution in art : as illustrated by the life-histories of designs (1902)

Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940 · London : W. Scott ; New York : C. Scribner's · leaf 126

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is sometimescopied in clay. It is evident that the elongated terminalshelf-like projections are more suited to a wooden than toan earthen vessel. In Fig. S3 we have an Iroquois bark-vessel. Mr. Gushing^informs us that in order to produce this form of utensilfrom a single piece of bark, it is… … Fig. 53.—Iroquois bark vessel;after Gushing. out of the margin and fold it. Each fold, when stitchedtogether in the shaping of the vessel, forms a corner atthe rim. These corners, and the borders which they form,are decorated with short lines and combinations of hnes,composed of coarse…

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