
CONVENTIONALIZED FISH DESIGNS ON PERUVIAN MUMMY CLOTHS 
1 — Only the eyes and general form of the fish are preserved. Compare with 
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(4), p. 251. 2—Still more conventionalized, a key to many complex patterns as 
in (3), (4) and (5). Compare with (5), p. 251 
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OTHER CONVENTIONALIZED FISH DESIGNS 
The first can be accepted after comparison with (2) above 
and with (5), p. 251. Asa result the second and third also 
are revealed as fish designs. The fourth represents a peli- 
can-like bird with a fish in its beak; compare with (3) 
a very ___sinterest- 
ing explanation of 
certain of these com- 
plex designs on 
mummy cloths. He 
begins with exam- 
ples in which the 
fish form is not to be 
doubted, and traces 
the design through 
others less simple 
to the most com- 
plex conventional- 
ized patterns which 
in no way suggest 
the fish form, thus 
showing conclusively 
that many designs 
