. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Paleolithic Engravings. Fig. 1. Baton de commandment; reindeer horn, on which arc representations of fishes and a horse. La Madeleine, Dordogno, 2. Reindeer horn; representation of a fish. La Madeleine, Dordogne, 8. Baton de commandment; reindeer horn, with tracing of a fisli. Cave ot Ooyet, 4. Rude engraving on scapula of Laugerie Basse, Dordogne, France. A STUDY OF PREHISTORIC ANTHROPOLOGY. 617 There has also been found an instrument made of reindeer horn, theuse of which is as
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Paleolithic Engravings. Fig. 1. Baton de commandment; reindeer horn, on which arc representations of fishes and a horse. La Madeleine, Dordogno, 2. Reindeer horn; representation of a fish. La Madeleine, Dordogne, 8. Baton de commandment; reindeer horn, with tracing of a fisli. Cave ot Ooyet, 4. Rude engraving on scapula of Laugerie Basse, Dordogne, France. A STUDY OF PREHISTORIC ANTHROPOLOGY. 617 There has also been found an instrument made of reindeer horn, theuse of which is as yet unknown. It has been named Baton (or stick)de Commandement, and is supposed to have been some sort of emblemof authority. Their leugth was such as to require the principal part ofa reindeer horn, and from two to three holes about three-fourths of aninch in diameter were drilled through sideways.* These artistic manifestations are intended not alone for utility, as inthe decoration of implements, weapons, and utensils, but they displayart for its own sake. Sketches
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