. Archæology and false antiquities. Figs. 60, 61. Churinga of the Arunta Tribe, Central Australia as component elements of their ornamentation. In afew instances there are incomplete circles round someof the perforations and so-called cup-marks; but themain decorations consist of plain, hollow dots, or cups,and cup-and-ring marks connected by gutter Clyde amulets are neither strictly oval, nor sym-metrical, nor well finished, being generally water-worn 248 ARCHAEOLOGY AND FALSE ANTIQUITIES fragments of shale or of clay state, of different shapes,as shown on figure 63. But waiving
. Archæology and false antiquities. Figs. 60, 61. Churinga of the Arunta Tribe, Central Australia as component elements of their ornamentation. In afew instances there are incomplete circles round someof the perforations and so-called cup-marks; but themain decorations consist of plain, hollow dots, or cups,and cup-and-ring marks connected by gutter Clyde amulets are neither strictly oval, nor sym-metrical, nor well finished, being generally water-worn 248 ARCHAEOLOGY AND FALSE ANTIQUITIES fragments of shale or of clay state, of different shapes,as shown on figure 63. But waiving the question of the similarity of theAustralian and Clyde objects, a careful study of the fol-lowing hypothesis will show the inherent futility ofattempting to correlate the art products of any race
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