. Bulletin. Ethnology. 492 SOUP SCUPPAUG^ [E. A. Stone Pipe; Ohio: height, (squier and Davis) stone. In these the forms of various quadrupeds, reptiles, and birds were executed in such close approximation to nature that in some cases the species can be recognized with reasonable certainty (Henshaw). In no section, so far as can be determined, was portraiture of the human face very successfully attempted, and the idea of statuary for statuary's sake had probably not been conceived. The life forms shaped were generally the embodiment of mythic personages or beings of importance in the mythol
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 492 SOUP SCUPPAUG^ [E. A. Stone Pipe; Ohio: height, (squier and Davis) stone. In these the forms of various quadrupeds, reptiles, and birds were executed in such close approximation to nature that in some cases the species can be recognized with reasonable certainty (Henshaw). In no section, so far as can be determined, was portraiture of the human face very successfully attempted, and the idea of statuary for statuary's sake had probably not been conceived. The life forms shaped were generally the embodiment of mythic personages or beings of importance in the mythology of the people. They are fon'efully, but formally or conven- tionally, i)resented. It is believed that the native artist drew, modeled, or carved not with the subject before him, but relying upon the traditional con- ception of the par- ticular subject, the mythological charac- ters being of greater importance to him than the literal or specific rendering of any original. The shortcomings of these sculptures as works of representative art were thus not due to lack of capacity to imitate nature correctly, but resulted rather from the fact that exact imitation of nature was not essential to the native conception of the requirements of the art (Squier and Davis, Schoolcraft, Henshaw, Thomas). The carvings in bone and shell of these tribes present few art features of particular inter- est, excepting in the designs which were engraved on gorgets and other forms of i)er- sonal ornaments. Technologically considered, sculp- ture includes all representative work in the round and in relief of all degrees, the lower forms connecting with the bolder phases of the engraver's art (see Engrav- ing). In the period liefore the arrival of the whites the shaping processes em- ployed implements of stone chiefly, but copper and bone were employed to some extent. These tools, however, were more efficient than those unacquainted with their operation would at first imagine. The brittle materials we
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