The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (18133313646)

Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo07amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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MEAD, PERUVIAN MUMMIES 19 bing. Moulds were often used in making many of the animal heads and human figures that adorn these vessels. The decoration was put on with paint, and, after firing, the vessels were polished by rubbing with a smooth pebble. In the absence of an aboriginal written language in Peru and on account of the meagreness of the descriptions left by the first Europeans who visited the country, it is fortunate for the student of Peruvian archae- ology that the potter often represented by the shape of his vessel or in its
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POTTERY VESSEL WITH PAINTED DECORATION ■decoration forms and customs which were familiar to him in his every- day life. Representations of the human figure are common. Some of these show the manner of wearing the poncho and other articles of clothing. Some have in the lobe of the ear the large cylindrical ear-ornaments which led the Spaniards to nickname these people "Ore- jones" — big ears. It would be impracticable, however, to figures mention here more than a few of the subjects depicted. On one vessel a man pursues and kills a deer with a spear; on another a hunter is returning with the bodv of a deer thrown across his shoul-