PREHISTORIC ART. 



399 



the auimal is well represented. This si)ecimeii was found in Laugerie 

 Basse by Lartet and Christy, and belongs to the Musee St. Germain. 



Fig. 67 shows one of the most important specimens of sculpture yet 

 found belonging to Paleolithic man. 

 It is sculptured in the round and 

 represents a reindeer. It was the 

 handle of a poniard or dagger and 

 is quite long enough to be easily 

 and tirmly held. The reindeer is 

 shown in a conventional manner and 

 in a position suitable for the pur- 

 pose indicated, much the same as 

 was the former one (fig. 6Q). The head is thrown back, the nose up, the 

 horns flat upon the back and brought out in relief, the fore legs drawn 

 to the front and the hind legs drawn up and to the rear. Their exten- 

 sion formed the blade. The specimen is ivory, was found at Bruniquel 



Fig. 55. 



ENORAVINy OF ANIMAL, UNCERTAIN. 

 Cast, Cat. No. 09868, U.S.N.M. fe nataral sixe 



ENGRAVING OF EEINDEEK ON BEAM OF REINDEER HORN. 



La Madelaiue. 



Lartet and Christy. "3 natural size. 



(Tarn-et-Garonne), belonged to the collection of M. Peccedeau de Flsle, 

 and formed part of the later purchase by the British Museum. It is 

 somewhat remarkable that the finest work of this kind done by the 

 prehistoric man should have been for the handles of daggers or pon- 



Fig. 57. 



FRAGMENT OF STAG HORN, WITH PORTION OF HOLE DRILLED IN ONE END, AND ENGRAVING OF UNCER- 

 TAIN ANIMAL, PROBABLY STAG (Cervxis elephllt). 

 Engraving on opposite side of slvetches 

 La Madelaine, Dordogne. 



Lartet and Christy. Cast, Cat. No. 1.36625, U.S.N.M. Natural Bize. 



iards. Some of the most celebrated artists, gravers, and sculptors of 

 media'val and modern times have employed their talents in much 

 the same direction, and some of their chef d'oeuvres have been the 

 handles of daggers, poniards, and swords. Fig. 08 represents a sculp- 

 ture of a mammoth on the broad part of a reindeer horn. It is the 



