400 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



Laiidle of a poniard, comes from Braniquel (Tarn-et-Garonne) and was 

 found by M. Peccedeau de I'Isle. This gentlemen was an indefatigable 

 searcher. He has made several profound and long-continued investi- 

 gations. He made almost the entire excavation at the cavern of 

 Bruniquel, and it has been, like several others, emptied ; all the earth 



or debris taken out, sifted, 

 and examined. His col- 

 lection of these prehis- 

 toric engravings and 

 sculptures has lately 

 been purchased by the 

 British Museum, and now 

 forms part of its dis- 

 play of the arts and 

 industries of paleolithic 

 man. I had no right to 

 ask what price the Brit- 



Fig. 58. 



DISC OF BONE. ANIMAL UNCERTAIN, RESEMBLING A CAT, WITH 

 GEOMETRIC DESIGNS FOR DECORATION. 



Laiigerie Basse. 



Collfctiiin, Il.irdy, Dieppe, France. Natural size. 



ish Museum paid for this collection, but when I saw it in Toulouse its 

 owner demanded for it 40,000 francs ($8,000), and the British Museum 

 must have paid nearly that amount. This specimen was the handle of 

 a poniard, the blade of which had been broken oif. The tusks of the 

 mammoth are laid up by the side of the elongated muzzle and are 



Pig. 59. 

 FIGURE OF A MAN WITH A STICK OR STAFF ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER ENGRAVED ON A FRAGMENT OF 



baton de commandctnent, of reindeer horn, two horses and a serpent. 

 La Madelaine, Dordogne. 



Lartet and Chriety. Mus^e St. Germain. Cast, Cat. No. 136664, U.S.N.M. % natural size. 



represented in a conventional manner. The feet are brought together, 

 owing to the requirements of the material. The tail is represented as 

 curled up over the back, which proves it to have been a mammoth 

 rather than an elephant. The tail was broken by the artist in manu- 

 facture and, in order to repair it, a hole was drilled down through the 

 backbone and a new tail inserted. The representation of it here shows 



