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Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1918)

Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935. [from old catalog] · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 453

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bythe subglacial streams; on these broad, slightly concave panelsof a very light ochre color are drawings of a large number ofbison and of horses, as fresh and brilliant as if they were thework of yesterday; the outlines drawn with black oxide of man-ganese and grease on the smooth stone resemble… … Fig. 213. Engraved and painted horse, apparently of the Celtic type andwith heavy winter coat, from the cavern of Niaux. There is a mark behindthe right shoulder which has been interpreted as the sign of an arrow orspear head. After Cartailhac and Breuil. (Compare Fig. 174.) drawn majestically with…

Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive

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