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History of Inventions USNM 54 Aboriginal American Sculpture 03

History of Inventions USNM 54 Aboriginal American Sculpture 03

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No. 13. Human figure. Water- worn stone modified to represent features in relief. New Mexico.
No. 14. Human figure. Block of stone with most work done in freeing the head. Kentucky.
No. 15. Human figures. Block of hard stone with head worked out. Mexico.
No. 16. Human figure. Head and legs worked out, body a mere block.
No. 17. Human figure. Body, head, and arms posed and well worked out in the round.
No. 18. Human figure with free limbs. Worked in relief and posed. Costa Rica.
No. 19. Human and animal figures posed and in action. American Indians. Northwest coast.

No. 20. Masks in serpentine and onyx, showing appreciation of facial characters. Larger mask probably a portrait. Mexico. (Three to right in lower row.

No. 13. Human figure. Water- worn stone modified to represent features in relief. New Mexico.
No. 14. Human figure. Block of stone with most work done in freeing the head. Kentucky.
No. 15. Human figures. Block of hard stone with head worked out. Mexico.
No. 16. Human figure. Head and legs worked out, body a mere block.
No. 17. Human figure. Body, head, and arms posed and well worked out in the round.
No. 18. Human figure with free limbs. Worked in relief and posed. Costa Rica.
No. 19. Human and animal figures posed and in action. American Indians. Northwest coast.

No. 20. Masks in serpentine and onyx, showing appreciation of facial characters. Larger mask probably a portrait. Mexico. (Three to right in lower row.

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1922
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Walter Hough (1922). Synoptic series of objects in the United States National Museum illustrating the history of inventions. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60 (2404). 1-47, 56 pl.
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