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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 85

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Fig. 59.—Horses head engraved on avertebra. Brassempouy. 48 PREHISTORIC ART animal forms not unnaturally connects them with totemism.^Several of these batons with engravings of horses uponthem were among the early discoveries of Lartet andChristy at the shelter of La Madeleine. One of them… … Fig, 6o.—Engraving on a Baton de Commandement. La Madeleine. figures of horses following one another, four on one side,three on the other. The hole in this specimen was evi-dently bored after the engraving was completed, for it hasremoved one ofthe heads ofthe animals (Fig. 60). ^Anotherbaton from…

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