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Mazes and labyrinths : a general account of their history and developments (1922)

Matthews, William Henry, 1882- · London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London, E.E.4 · leaf 244

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ill be seen (Fig. 132), bears no likenessto the conventional design, but is merely an asymmetricalmeandering groove somewhat similar in appearance tothe braided designs often seen on modish feminineapparel at the present day. Its significance is unknown.According to a short review in Folk Lore in… … Fig. 132.—Labyrinthine Pictograph from Mesa Verde. ^(AfterFewkes.) Strange to say, is to be found in the library of either theBritish Museum or the Folk Lore Society. It would beextremely interesting to know whether the mazes in ques-tion bear any similarity to the traditional Cretan figure.So far,…

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