166 CONVENTIONALISM 



The Mouth. Plate VI. In figure 1, as will be seen, the 

 mouth, with its pointed jaws, is the essential feature. The 

 pectoral fins are at the angles of the mouth. The eyes 

 are in their normal position. The dorsal and ventral fins 

 are absent. The caudal is represented as in fig. 2, PL IV. 



In figure 2 the pointed nose and mouth are prominent 

 features. The pectoral and caudal fins are not striated. 

 The eyes are similar to those in figure 1. 



In figure 3 the deep lines cut in the bands of clay form- 

 ing the jaws, and others between them representing the 

 teeth, are evidence that the thoughts of the artist were con- 

 centrated upon representing the mouth of a fish. The 

 pointed nose in the previous figure here gives way to the 

 forced expression of a mouth, and is placed on the under 

 jaw, with a license similar to that used in representing the 

 eyes in fig. 3, PI. IV. The pectoral fins are in the same 

 position as in the two preceding figures, while the ventral 

 fins are copied from the realistic form. The caudal fin has 

 entirely given way to a rounded knob. 



In figure 4 there is a raised pointed portion over the 

 opening in the foot. On this part a deep line is cut cor- 

 responding to the line which gives emphasis to the jaw 

 in the preceding figure. The striated patch of clay on 

 each side below the angle of the mouth represents the pec- 

 toral fins. All other parts of the fish are wanting. 



In figure 5 the pointed jaw alone is preserved in the 

 mass of clay placed above the opening in the foot ; and, 

 finally, in figure 6, the climax in this line of conventional- 

 ism is reached by cutting two sets of oblique lines on the 

 surface of the foot itself. 



The Dorsal Fin. Plate VII. In the final series, the 

 prominence which the dorsal fin is to have is exemplified 

 by figure 1. In this, the mouth, eyes and pectoral fins 



