Anthropological Papers (7-8) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ...by Harlan I. Smith, Washington Magazine, June, 1906. are more difficult to determine, but both the arm and the leg stand out in high relief. As previously suggested on p. 111, this style of art slightly resembles that found in the region from the Lillooet Valley to the Lower Willamette and as far east at least as The Dalles.' It is possible that some of the sculptures found in the Thompson River region' adjoining the Lillooet Valley on the east and the Yakima region on the north, may be somewhat related to the style of art of this fragmentary pipe. The human form shown in Fig. 121 has been discussed on p. 127 as it is incised rather than carved in the round. Clark mentions a "malet of stone curiously carved,"' which he says was used by the Indians near the mouth of the Snake River and Eells ' mentions two stone carvings from the general area of which this is a part which he describes as horses' heads. If this interpretation be correct, the carvings are evidently modern. The fish form shown in 119 has been mentioned on p. 127. The very form of the pestle shown in 34 and the symmetrical outline of the club shown in Fig. 62 are in themselves some Collected by Mrs. Lynch. Qnat. size. (Now represents 3 mmahawk 01-hatchet iyrioltyhe) collection ot Mr. George G. Heye, New suggvsts that it may have been sculptured as representative art. It seems likely that it was modelled after the metal tomahawk pipe introduced by the traders which of course would indicate that it was recently made. Coast A rt. The pipe shown in Fig. 127 which was mentioned on p. 116 is clearly of the art of the northwest coast. It must have been brought to this region from as far at least, as the Kwakiutl and Haida region, and may be...