An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . , where adetailed account of these spoons is given. Iigs. 281, 282, and283 are reproduced from this source with the kind permission of theRoy. Arch. Inst, of Gt, Brit, and Ircld. LATE KELTIC ART 271 lines beine of fine ziq-zslo-, as is also the line work enterin^rinto the ornamentation of the handles. The designs, inthis case on the fronts, arecurvilinear, the ground beingfilled in with punched orstipple work in the form ofminute circles or dimplings,wholly so in one, partially inthe other, where the remain-ing part consists of fine zig-zag lin
An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . , where adetailed account of these spoons is given. Iigs. 281, 282, and283 are reproduced from this source with the kind permission of theRoy. Arch. Inst, of Gt, Brit, and Ircld. LATE KELTIC ART 271 lines beine of fine ziq-zslo-, as is also the line work enterin^rinto the ornamentation of the handles. The designs, inthis case on the fronts, arecurvilinear, the ground beingfilled in with punched orstipple work in the form ofminute circles or dimplings,wholly so in one, partially inthe other, where the remain-ing part consists of fine zig-zag lines (Fig. 283). Thisziezae line work recalls thaton the Warden mirror al-ready described. The dis-covery on so many sitesscattered over so wide anarea of these singular, butmost characteristic objects,showing fine workmanship,and ornamented with un-mistakable late Keltic de-signs, supports strongly theconclusion that there ex-isted in Britain at this time a school of artificers endowed with artistic taste and skillof a definite and no mean Fig. 283.— Spoon irom Ireland, withzigzag and stipple work. 4. CHARIOT BURIALS. HORSE TRAPPINGS. Certain barrows of this period in Yorkshire, notably atArras, contained interments of an unusual nature. Thechieftain was buried on his chariot, accompanied by hishorse in harness, and sometimes by his charioteer. Theywere first discovered as long ago as 1817 by the Rev. E. 272 PREHISTORIC ART W. Stillingfleet,^ and since then by Canon GreenwelP andby Mr. Mortimer, in the same county. In one of these,named the Barivw of the Charioteer, the skeleton restedon a shield with a bronze boss, 4I inches in diameter. Achariot wheel and bridle-bit lay on either side. Near thebody were two boar tusks, one of which was polished andengraved with a lattice pattern. Another tumulus in thesame district is known as the Kings Barrow. In this theskeleton lay extended on its back with arms crossed, andon either side were the tyre and nave of a wheel withrema
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