An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Fig. 59.—Horses head engraved on avertebra. Brassempouy. 48 PREHISTORIC ART animal forms not unnaturally connects them with totemism.^Several of these batons with engravings of horses uponthem were among the early discoveries of Lartet andChristy at the shelter of La Madeleine. One of them isespecially striking for it is engraved on both sides with. Fig, 6o.—Engraving on a Baton de Commandement. La Madeleine. figures of horses following one another, four on one side,three on the other. The hole in this specimen was evi-dently bored after the en
An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Fig. 59.—Horses head engraved on avertebra. Brassempouy. 48 PREHISTORIC ART animal forms not unnaturally connects them with totemism.^Several of these batons with engravings of horses uponthem were among the early discoveries of Lartet andChristy at the shelter of La Madeleine. One of them isespecially striking for it is engraved on both sides with. Fig, 6o.—Engraving on a Baton de Commandement. La Madeleine. figures of horses following one another, four on one side,three on the other. The hole in this specimen was evi-dently bored after the engraving was completed, for it hasremoved one ofthe heads ofthe animals (Fig. 60). ^Anotherbaton from La Madeleine with engravings of a horse and two
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