24.S 



iXTILE ART IN RELATION 



RM AND ORNAMKNI 



Anollicr iteculiar c-huss of trau.sfer.s (jf a .somewhat uioi-e indirt'i-t 

 atuif may be noticed. All the more advanced American nations 

 cri' very fond of modelin.sj; the human form in clay, a large per- 



omament copied literally from a textile origiual. 



centagp of vessels having some trace of the human form or i)liysiog- 

 nomy. Now, in man v c.i^cs the costume of the personage represented 

 in the clay is also imitated, and genei-allv in color, the details of the 

 fa1)rics r(>cpiving tlioii full ■-liaio of ,itt( utmn Such an examj)le. 

 fi'dtii a, s(Miulcher ;i1 Xikoii is >,ll()^Ml m Kia >.")-) Here tlic i"ini-li<i 



Fio. a5.5. Textile patterns transferred to pottery through the enpying of 

 cropolis of Anion, by Eeiss and Stubel, PI. W. 



or mantle thrown across the shoulders falls down upon the body in 

 front and behind and the stripes and conventional fishes are accu- 

 rately reproduced. In this way both .style and matter of the textile 



dei'oration aiv introdured into the ceramic art. 



it will be seen 1,y lliese illu.^f rations tliat there are many natural 



