. Bulletin. Ethnology. Pipe, Stone; Ohio Mound; Height, 8 in. (mills) tribe, representing the "bear mother" (Swan), is not surpassed in spirit and expression by any known work n. of Mexico. However, like the totem-pole models, masks, rattles, dishes, boxes, and tobacco pipes which excite our admira- tion, it was executed with steel tools and at a time when the influence of the art of the white man had no doubt come to be somewhat decidedly felt. The Eskimo have exercised their very pronounced genius for realistic carving in ivory and bone, and to some extent in stone and wood. Their
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Pipe, Stone; Ohio Mound; Height, 8 in. (mills) tribe, representing the "bear mother" (Swan), is not surpassed in spirit and expression by any known work n. of Mexico. However, like the totem-pole models, masks, rattles, dishes, boxes, and tobacco pipes which excite our admira- tion, it was executed with steel tools and at a time when the influence of the art of the white man had no doubt come to be somewhat decidedly felt. The Eskimo have exercised their very pronounced genius for realistic carving in ivory and bone, and to some extent in stone and wood. Their representations of animal forms in the round are often admirable, although usually applied to objects that serve some practical purpose (Turner, Boas, Nelson, Murdoch, Hoffman). The Pueblo tribes are not especially accom-. HUMAN HEAD, STONE; NEW YORK (l-e) plished in sculpture, notwithstanding the facts that they stand alone as builders in stone and have exceptional skill and taste in modeling in clay. Their small animal fetishes in several varieties of stone are interesting, but very elementary as works of art, and the human figure, as illus- trated by the wooden katcinas of the Hopi, is treated in an extremely primi- tive manner. The ancient Pueblos were hardly more skill- ful in these branches (Gush- ing, Stevenson, Fewkes). The pre- historic sculpture of the Pacific states had barely ad- vanced beyond the elaboration of uten- sils, although these were often well ex- ecuted. Worthy of especial attention, however, are cer- tain ape-like heads found in Oregon and Washington, believed by some to represent the seal or sealion rather. 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 Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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