398 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



Fig. 64 represents another series of engravings in the same tableau. 



It contains specimens of 

 equidcc and cervidce in all 

 postures and from differ- 

 ent points of view. This 

 specimen is from the Grot- 

 to of Lortet (Haute Pyre- 

 nees) and belongs to the 

 collection of Judge Piette. 

 Fig. 65 represents similar 

 sketches in the collection 

 Massenat and from Lau- 

 gerie Basse. These are all 

 *' art for art's sake." 



SCULPTURE. 



The paleolithic artist did 

 not confine his eftbrts to 

 the fine arts of drawing or 

 engraving, but included 

 sculpture, and his manual 

 dexterity and artistic abil- 

 ity were more successful in this direction than we would have supposed. 

 Fig. QQ represents a poniard made from a single piece of reindeer 



Fig. 52. 



ENGRAVING ON BONE FRAGMENT OF UNCERTAIN ANIMAL. 

 Cast, Cat. No. 14870, U.S.N. M. i.. natural size. 



Fig. 53. 



ENGRA^•ING ON BONE FRAGMENT OF UNCERTAIN ANIMALS, PROBABLY REINDEER, FOLLOWING EACH OTHER. 



Grotto of Massat (Ariege). 



Collection, Cartail Lac. % natural size. 



horn. The weapon is about 16 inches in length. The blade was first 



sawed from the reindeer horn longitudinally, then cut or scraped to a 



point. It is intended for thrusting and not for 



cutting. The handle is sculptured to represent 



a reindeer. The blade is a prolongation of the 



hind legs, the fore legs are drawn close to the 



belly, and, with the body, form the handle, which 



can be held firmly, while the head of the animal 



forms the pommel. The nose is thrown up, 



which brings the horns on the back, to which 



they are attached. While the sculpture of this 



specimen may not be so fine or delicate as some others, or may have 



deteriorated by use or exposure, yet the general outline is correct and 



Fig. 54. 



ENGRAVED ON BONE, 

 UNCERTAIN. 



