. Archæology and false antiquities. NE FROM 2 TO SJ INCHES IN ;13 AND 14 = MARKED BONES ; AND 15 TO 18 ^ ORNAMENTED WORKED STONES (i) THE DISPUTED OBJECTS 231 tions (Figs. 50-4) will give some idea of their grotesqueappearance, but it is unnecessary to describe them morethan to say that they are unlike anything in any collec-tion in the British Isles, orelsewhere. Attention has beendirected to the art displayedby these strange objects, Lang recognising inthem the work of the earlyGlasgow school. On thispoint I offer no opinion, as Iknow nothing, not even of theexistence of s
. Archæology and false antiquities. NE FROM 2 TO SJ INCHES IN ;13 AND 14 = MARKED BONES ; AND 15 TO 18 ^ ORNAMENTED WORKED STONES (i) THE DISPUTED OBJECTS 231 tions (Figs. 50-4) will give some idea of their grotesqueappearance, but it is unnecessary to describe them morethan to say that they are unlike anything in any collec-tion in the British Isles, orelsewhere. Attention has beendirected to the art displayedby these strange objects, Lang recognising inthem the work of the earlyGlasgow school. On thispoint I offer no opinion, as Iknow nothing, not even of theexistence of such a school ;but I should say that theydisclose the hand of one notaltogether ignorant of evidence on which makes the above sug-gestion is, however, worthlooking into, more especiallyas it is capable and worthy ofbeing discussed on archaeo-logical grounds. Mr. Langstheory of the origin of the artof the Clyde idolaters wasfirst published in LongmansMagazine for January, 1902,from which the following isan extract:—. Fig. 50. Grotesque Figure ofShale from Dumbuck (x) From Drawing by W. A. Donnelly Personally speaking, I be-lieve that the anomalous finds inthe Clyde are old and genuine, as old, perhaps, in character as400 , and surviving on till one knows not how late. . .In these queer things I recognise the early Glasgow school atwork. There are much more advanced desigfns on bits of shale 232 ARCHEOLOGY AND FALSE ANTIQUITIES
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