Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 34
Bruniquel on the Aveyron, at PREHISTORIC ORXAMENT. 13 Le Moustier, at La Madelaine in the Dordogne, and in theDuruthy cave at Laugerie Basse, in the Western Pyrenees,have been found many engravings of animals, and carv-ings on bone, smooth teeth, and antlers, also on sandstone,slate, and schist.… … Fig. 7B.—Animal Forms, drawn by Bushmen. often engraved with great fidelity, and carved dagger-handles made from the antlers of deer, with the animalitself sometimes carved on them. One of the highest artexamples yet found is that of a reindeer grazing, and isthe only object on which an attempt is…
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