An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . s).Duck on horn (Gourdan), (From Cav. Reg. Cantabrique.) (Two-thirds size.) The Human Figure is rarely found engraved on bone,horn, or ivory, and the few examples known bear nocomparison with the engravings of animals we have justbeen considering. In fact for the most part they aregrotesque, and can only be described as of these are found on the walls of caves, and will ^ BAnthrop., v., p. 153.^ Rev. de VEcole dAnihrop. (1908), p. 215.^ L^Anthrop., XII., p. 124.^ Rev. de VEcole dAnfhrop. (1898), p. 138. ^ Girod et Massenat,
An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . s).Duck on horn (Gourdan), (From Cav. Reg. Cantabrique.) (Two-thirds size.) The Human Figure is rarely found engraved on bone,horn, or ivory, and the few examples known bear nocomparison with the engravings of animals we have justbeen considering. In fact for the most part they aregrotesque, and can only be described as of these are found on the walls of caves, and will ^ BAnthrop., v., p. 153.^ Rev. de VEcole dAnihrop. (1908), p. 215.^ L^Anthrop., XII., p. 124.^ Rev. de VEcole dAnfhrop. (1898), p. 138. ^ Girod et Massenat, Les Stations de IAge du Rentie, Plate XXVII,Fig. 2 ; Plate VII, Fig. 5. ^ Piette, op. cit., Plate XXIV, Fig. 4. Ibid., Plate LXIII, Fig. 4. 5 66 PREHISTORIC ART be referred to later on : here we shall refer only to thoseon bone or horn in the floor deposits. In some instancesit is difficult to be sure that human beings are example, rows of figures on bone from Raymonden ^ (seeFig. 74), and on horn from Gourdan, have by some been re-. I 4 Fig. 90.—Plant designs engraved on horn. i. Trilobite cave. 2. Le , 4. Laugerie Basse. 5. Mas dAzil. garded as penguins! ^ Acurious anthropomorphic figure moreape than manlike, engraved on a piece of bone, was amongM. Piettes discoveries at Mas dAzil (Fig. 91). Riviere 1 Cav. de Font de Gaume, Fig. 211, p. 222. 2 Piette, op. cii., Plate LXXXIII, Fig. 7. 3 3id., Plate XLIII, Fig. 2/^ PALEOLITHIC ART ^7
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