EMBROIDERED AND PAINTED OKNAMEN'I 



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and follow the curves and irregularities of the natural object depicted; 

 hut such is not the case in piirely aboriginal work An example ot 



embroidery (ibtaiued from an aiicii'iit nT L\< it \iiicni Pel u issliowu 

 iu Fig. :i4'.i. A [liece of Ijimwii c.ttnii ( iii\ is is . uiIm Uislied with a 



Fir, J4<l Embl 



bi )rder of bird figures iu bright colored wool thread. Tlie lines of tlie 

 fiijrures do not obev tlie web and woof strictlv. as the lines are difli- 



FiG. :ioU. Itesigru painted in color upon a woven sm-lace. exhibiting the full degree of geometric con- 

 vention. Ancient Peruvian work. Copied from The Necropolis of Ancon. 



cult to follow, but the geometric character is as perfectly jjreserved 

 as if the design were woven in the goods. 



