46 LAUFER, THE DECORATIVE ART OF THE AMUR TRIBES. 



cross on its body 1 (the ellipse forming the body is repeated to furnish the 

 connection with the dragon) ; above it is the design of a squirrel (/). m is a 

 duck with a fish in its bill ; n, a lizard ; o, an elk ; /, a musk-deer ; q, a cock ; r, 

 a duck perching on the side-branch of a tree, as on the fish-skin garments ; s, a 

 lizard ; t, a carp ; u, a swan with open, upturned beak ; v, a roe. The edge is 

 cut by means of jagged lines into rectangles, and each of these again into four 

 triangles. In the first triangle at the extreme left is an eagle with outspread 



pinions, almost in the fashion of our escutcheon eagle. In the opposite triangle 

 there is a lizard, and below it a snake. In the two central triangles are two 

 eagles and two roosters standing opposite each other. 



LEAF AND FLORAL ORNAMENTS. Not only does the delineator manifest his 

 artistic spirit as a skilful faunist, but, to a certain extent, the flora also occupies 

 his attention. Leaves and floral forms occur partly as independent ornaments 

 in connection with other elements, partly in close combination with the cock and 

 fish ornaments. Especially single portions connected with the latter are treated 



See Globus, Vol. LXXIX, 1901, p. 70, and cf. Figs. 3 and 14. 



