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Men of the old stone age : their environment, life and art (1916)

Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, Scribner · leaf 466

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as if they had only dropped yesterday; the Mag-dalenians also left an incomplete model of a bison and somelumps of kneaded clay which still carry the impression of theirfingers. We produce the proof that in this period all branchesof art were cultivated. This model of the male and femalebison in… … Fig. 234. One of a series of horses of the high-bred Celtic type, sculptured in high relief on the wall of the cliff shelter known as Cap-Blanc. The actual length of each of these sculptures is about seven feet. After Lalanne and Breuil. Magdalenian art that has been discovered. The sculptures…

Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive

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