An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Sculptured in reindeer antler. Mas dAzil. Ariege.(From Cartailhacs La France Prehistorique.) PALEOLITHIC ART 27 form, but also in adapting his work to practical ends. Theanimal is represented in a kneeling position with its headthrust forward bringing the antlers down on the neck andshoulders : the forelegs are bent under the body, and thehind lees thrown back lose themselves in the blade. Thenatural irregularities are thus reduced to a minimum, andthe object better adapted to the hand, whilst still retainingits essentially artistic character/
An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Sculptured in reindeer antler. Mas dAzil. Ariege.(From Cartailhacs La France Prehistorique.) PALEOLITHIC ART 27 form, but also in adapting his work to practical ends. Theanimal is represented in a kneeling position with its headthrust forward bringing the antlers down on the neck andshoulders : the forelegs are bent under the body, and thehind lees thrown back lose themselves in the blade. Thenatural irregularities are thus reduced to a minimum, andthe object better adapted to the hand, whilst still retainingits essentially artistic character/ From the same sheltercomes the end of a baton de commandement carved in theform of two conjoined opposed heads of a bovine annual i^\^.25). A part of the orifice of the baton is seen below them.^This piece claims attention from its being, as M. has pointed out, the earliest example of the em-ployment of tv/o similar opposed animals as a form ofdecoration so often used in later times.^ A small roughcarving of a hare or rabbit was also d
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