An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Figs. 267 and 268,—Gold disks. * 244 PREHISTORIC ART is generally in repousse, whilst at Hissarlik it is laid onby means of wire, with very few exceptions (see ). There has been a good deal of discussion as tohow these repousse designs were produced. One sug-crestion is that the i^old leaf was laid on a block of lead,and the ornamentation hammered or pressed into it. An-other is that the pattern was first carved in relief on awooden core to which the gold plate was firmly attached,and then pressed down upon it, the lines being
An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Figs. 267 and 268,—Gold disks. * 244 PREHISTORIC ART is generally in repousse, whilst at Hissarlik it is laid onby means of wire, with very few exceptions (see ). There has been a good deal of discussion as tohow these repousse designs were produced. One sug-crestion is that the i^old leaf was laid on a block of lead,and the ornamentation hammered or pressed into it. An-other is that the pattern was first carved in relief on awooden core to which the gold plate was firmly attached,and then pressed down upon it, the lines being followedwith a pointed instrument until the pattern was fetched upto the surface. The extreme thinness of many of theobjects seems to make some such method the only possibleone. The latter method was clearly the one adopted inmaking the beautifully ornamented gold covered woodenbuttons found by Schliemann in the IV Sepulchre. It must be admitted that the gold ornaments foundat Mochlos, Haghia Triada, and Zafer Papoma in Crete,while showing con
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