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 268
e placewhere the different rows of patternsend (when one reads from left to Fig. 123.—Rain-charm of theright) there is a group of dots on Orang Belendas; size ofthe scales, which represent the laststage of the disease; incurableholes out of which blood flows. They are supposed to belike the wounds… … the original loj inches;from Stevens. 246 EVOLUTION IN ART. Orang Belendas. The object of the pattern is even at thepresent time known to the laity, but the story is probablylost as to how the figures came to be put together in thisway. Fig. 123 is a copy of a ^^ toofi-tong^^ which the man whoowned…
Decoration and ornament · Art, Primitive
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