An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Fig. 62.—Engraving in reindeer , Fig. 63.—Horse engraved on bone. Robin Hood Cave, Cresswell Craggs, Derbyshire. It has an erect mane recalling that of the Thayngenspecimen ; but it is much inferior to it artistically, and to ^ Rev. de PEcole dAnthrop. (1909), p. 63, Fig. 4. On this baton alsoappear the head of a hind, serpents, swans, and three very curiousanthropomorphous figures termed diablotins by the discoverers, andconcerning which cf. S. Reinach in Mythes, Cultes et Religions, iv., , Fig. I. Mitt. Antiq. G
An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Fig. 62.—Engraving in reindeer , Fig. 63.—Horse engraved on bone. Robin Hood Cave, Cresswell Craggs, Derbyshire. It has an erect mane recalling that of the Thayngenspecimen ; but it is much inferior to it artistically, and to ^ Rev. de PEcole dAnthrop. (1909), p. 63, Fig. 4. On this baton alsoappear the head of a hind, serpents, swans, and three very curiousanthropomorphous figures termed diablotins by the discoverers, andconcerning which cf. S. Reinach in Mythes, Cultes et Religions, iv., , Fig. I. Mitt. Antiq. Gesellschaft Zurich, Band XIX, Heft i, (1875),Taf. VIII., Fig. 67. 4 50 PREHISTORIC ART the examples from the French caves ^ (Fig. 63). M. Piettebelieved that certain lines in the engravings of horses headson bone found at Mas dAzil were intended to representbridles,: a view which has not been generally accepted (Fig. 64). Naturally engravings of extinct animals, and of thoseno longer living in the region, excite the greatest the attention bestowed on one of Lartet andChristys earliest d
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