. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. tures of an Egyptian . Soft clay was pressed upon the dead featuresand when sufficiently dry, it was removed and othersoft clay thinly pressed into the mould mask thus made was built upon till the jar>rc us was completed. . The features are ap-parently those of
. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. tures of an Egyptian . Soft clay was pressed upon the dead featuresand when sufficiently dry, it was removed and othersoft clay thinly pressed into the mould mask thus made was built upon till the jar>rc us was completed. . The features are ap-parently those of an Amerind1 hoy ni fourteen tosixteen j ( ;,^<. Mr. Holmes, on the other hand, inclines to thebelief that the head is a free hand modelling of ayoung person, perhaps a female. High neck, full bodied bottles form a derided feature of the pottery of this province, The best work occurs in the middle and lower Mississippi Valley, and in the Gulf State-, and pertain^ largely to the culture of the mound building tribes. A most fascinating department of tlie aboriginalpottery section is an unique collection of musicalinstruments, carefully modelled to represent vari-ous birds and animals and other arbitrary forms. 1 A contraction of the words American Indian, employed by the author throughout his HEAD SHAPED VASE, PE< \ \ POINT, VRKANSAS potters oi tbc /HMBSiaetppt Pallet 280 Many of these were found in the graves of theancient Chiriquians, and belong to the class of dec oration peculiar to alligator ware. The collection embraces instruments of both per-cussion and wind; the former class embracingdrums and rattles; and the latter, whistles andclarionette like pipes. Earthenware wind instruments are found inquantities associated with other relics in all are simple in construction ; but a feware more pretentious and yield a number of , if operated by a skilled performer, and prop-erly concerted, are capable of producing pleasingmelodies. In material,
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