[Contributions to North American ethnology, volume 5 (1882)
Rau, Charles, 1826-1887, Fletcher, Robert, 1823-1912, Thomas, Cyrus, 1825-1910 · Washington : Government Printing Office · leaf 436
e by means of a spatnla-shaped instrument, doubtless of wood, the twisting is carried on. It is probable the implement is nsed simply to turn the ball, while the person at work gradually moves backward. The idols, while in the process of manufacture, are usually represented by the heads only; those… … i'''^=- •'■»• Cloth is usually indi- cated by cross-hatching, as shown in the dresses of the females on Plates XVIII*, XIX*, and XX*; rain and falling water by slender, usually M'aved blue lines, as on Plates XXIV-XXVII. In the third division of Plate XX* the lines are blue, but not waved. Blood is…
Sculpture, Primitive · Indians of North America -- Medicine · Trephining · Manuscripts, Maya · Archaeology · Indian art -- North America · Maya calendar · Mayan languages -- Writing
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