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Primitive art in Egypt (1905)

Capart, Jean, 1877-1947, Johns, Agnes Sophia (Griffith), Mrs., 1850-, Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919, former owner. DSI-F · London : H. Grevel · leaf 72

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tly, they must have been worn point down- wards—deeply grooved at the wider end, and covered with broken lines or with rudimentary geometric designs " 1 (Fig. 22). Some of these pendants are of stone ; others are hollow, and may have been used as vases. At the upper end of most of these there is a… … Fig. 22. — Pendants. Showing the imitation of claws and of horns, decorated with incised or painted lines., We shall have opportunity to discuss these pendants more in detail when we treat of ornamental art. It should, however, be observed that a certain number of these ornaments are made in…

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