. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 448 ENGRAVINGS OF GROTTO LA MOUTHE. discovered; a deer, spotted, or rather in part painted Avith ocher, whose reproduction tigured hist 3'ear with that of two other animals—the bison and a bovid, or equid—at the Exposition in the section of megalithic monuments, at the request of the minister of public instruction. Such are the seven drawings which 1 wish to present to you to-day. 1 add also the reproduction of the well-made head
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 448 ENGRAVINGS OF GROTTO LA MOUTHE. discovered; a deer, spotted, or rather in part painted Avith ocher, whose reproduction tigured hist 3'ear with that of two other animals—the bison and a bovid, or equid—at the Exposition in the section of megalithic monuments, at the request of the minister of public instruction. Such are the seven drawings which 1 wish to present to you to-day. 1 add also the reproduction of the well-made head of an ibex, which we see on the outer face of the lamp in sandstone from La Mouthe (%8). As can be seen from this figure, which is identical in size with the original, this head of the ibex is almost as remarkably executed as that of the reindeer which we have reproduced in fig. 3. The head o. Pig. 8. on the lamp is that of a profile in all its details—nose, mouth, eye, ear, and finally horns, which are of considerable length, measuring not less than 12 or 13 centimeters, and strongly curved in a semicir- cle.'' There is nothing, even to the beard of the animal, which has not been engraved. The oval of the head measures meter in length, and its greatest l)readth is meter. Two lines of unequal length, but nearly parallel, one descending from the left angle of the jaw, the other beginning behind the left ear, seem to attempt the representa- tion of the neck. On the other hand, the body and the legs are not figured. We perceive only, behind the line of the neck, several engraved lines, very much defaced and without any significance. "The lamp in sandstone from the grotto of La Mouthe (Dordogne), by Emile Riviere, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institut
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