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An introduction to the study of prehistoric art (1915)

Parkyn, Ernest Albert, b. 1857 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 312

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epa-rated districts of Britain.At Trelan Bahow, St.Keverne, Cornwall, in1865, a bronze mirrorwas discovered in a shal-low cist grave, with ringsof bronze, parts of fibulae,and beads of variegatedglass (Fig. 277). Thedisk is circular in shapeand measures 6 inchesin diameter. The handle, loop-shaped,… … Fig. 277.—Bronze mirror. Trelan Bahow,Cornwall. (One-third size.) 262 PREHISTORIC ART partly fill up the back of the disk. These circles areenorrav^ed with scroll desiorns filled in with basket-workshading. The border has a chevron design shaded inthe same way.^ A similar discovery was made in…

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