An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Fig. 96.—Engraving on horn. Laugerie Basse. small parallel lines upon it have been taken to show thatit was very hairy, and pointing to the PaLxolithic cave-dwellers having been a more hairy race than their presentsuccessors. Lines on the wrist of the uplifted arm havebeen supposed to represent On the reverseside the head and shoulders of a horse are engraved(Fig. 96). Reference must not be omitted to engravings of theJnmian arm and hand on harpoons of reindeer horn ob- ^ Musee Prehistorique, Fig. 203. - VAnthropologie, v., Plate I.

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An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Fig. 96.—Engraving on horn. Laugerie Basse. small parallel lines upon it have been taken to show thatit was very hairy, and pointing to the PaLxolithic cave-dwellers having been a more hairy race than their presentsuccessors. Lines on the wrist of the uplifted arm havebeen supposed to represent On the reverseside the head and shoulders of a horse are engraved(Fig. 96). Reference must not be omitted to engravings of theJnmian arm and hand on harpoons of reindeer horn ob- ^ Musee Prehistorique, Fig. 203. - VAnthropologie, v., Plate I. 70 PREHISTORIC ART tained at La Madeleine/ Only four fingers are shown(Fig. 97). A different interpretation of the meaning ofthese engravings has been offered, viz. that they representlarge gloves such as are worn by the Eskimo. This

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