. The grammar of ornament . Plaited Straw from, the Sandwich Islands 111Si /« ? .•.; ? OENAMENT OF SAVAGE TRIBES. The ornaments in the woodcuts below and at the side show a far higher advance in the distributionof curved lines, the twisted rope forming the type as it naturally would be of all curved lines in ) The uniting of two strands for additional strength would early accustom the eye to the spiral line, and we always find this form side by side with m. Head of Canoe, New Guinea. t:) geometrical patterns formed by the interlacing of equal lines in the orna-ment of every sav
. The grammar of ornament . Plaited Straw from, the Sandwich Islands 111Si /« ? .•.; ? OENAMENT OF SAVAGE TRIBES. The ornaments in the woodcuts below and at the side show a far higher advance in the distributionof curved lines, the twisted rope forming the type as it naturally would be of all curved lines in ) The uniting of two strands for additional strength would early accustom the eye to the spiral line, and we always find this form side by side with m. Head of Canoe, New Guinea. t:) geometrical patterns formed by the interlacing of equal lines in the orna-ment of every savage tribe, and retained in the more advanced art of everycivilised nation.
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