402 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896 



Eeprodiiction of these figures without special license has been inter- 

 dicted, but anyone can see them in the report.' 

 Fig. 70 represents, in a rude and conventional manner, a human head 



Fig. 62. 



FBAOMENT OF SCHISTOSE SLATE WITH FIVE REINDEER ENGRAVED THEREON, SIMPLY UNFINISHED AND 



FROM DIFFERENT VIEW POINTS. ART TRIALS OR SKETCHES. 



Laiigerie Basse. 



Found by Franchet. Collection Marquis de N'ibraye. ?-o natur.-il size. 



sculptured from a fragment of reindeer horn 2 or 3 inches long. It was 

 found by Abbe Bourgeois in the Grotto of Rochbertier (Oharente), and 

 is in the museum of the Ecole d' Anthropologic, Paris. It is from the 



same department as the baton de 

 conimandement of Montgardier 

 (flg.34). Fig. 71 represents a frag- 

 ment of reindeer horn of which 

 two tines or palms have been 

 sculptured in the form of horses' 

 heads. It is from the Grotto Mas 

 d'Azil (Ariege) and belongs to 

 the collection of Judge Piette. 

 Figs. 72 to 77 represent other 

 specimens of Paleolithic sculp- 

 tures from divers caverns of 

 the ])eriod m the same general 

 localities as those heretofore 



Fig. 63. 



ENGRAVINGS ON BONE, TRIAL SKETCHES. figured. Thcy show different 



.Laugerie Basse, Dordogue. objccts and do uot require sepa- 



Colleetion M.iny. Toulouse. =3 n.itnra: 8i«. ratC dCSCriptiOnS. 



The engravings and sculptures found in excavations of the caverns 

 of this epoch have been, for the most part, but the debris — broken and 

 rejected pieces. They have been found principally among the ashes 

 from the hearth, and are rarely perfect or complete. During this 



'JL'Autbropologie, VI, 1896, plates i-vii; VII, 1897, plate i, j). 168. 



