MacCurdy, George Grant, 1863-1947 · Lancaster, Pa. : The New Era Printing Company · leaf 11
opus motive. (After Holmes.) same is true of figure 151 (Holmes' fig. 275), a very interesting ex- ample of the use of the octopus appendages to form a pleasing run- ning ornament independently of the body of the animal. Figure 152 Fig. 151. — The octopus appendage repeated to form a decorative… … Fig. 152. — Conventional design on drum. (After Holmes.) 153, from the shoulder of a bottle-shaped lost-color vase (Holmes* fig. 272), take on a new meaning. The rosette-like designs filling circular panels on numerous small lost-color vases figured by both
Indians of Central America
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