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ventrally, and still others laterally. These pictures sometimes become 
so conventionalized that it is difficult to identify the parts repre- 
sented, as will appear from illustrations to follow. 
Figure 28 represents a bird design in which three parallel bands 
representing tail feathers of a well-marked type hang between two 
curved extensions that occupy the relative position of wings. In the 
angles near the attachment of these 
tail feathers there are two globu- 
lar enlargements which occur also 
in other pictures. The extremity 
of each winglike crescent is spirally 
curved inward. Two semicircular 
figures representing rain clouds are 
surmounted* by two parallel lines 
and a heavy, solid band, appear- 
ing at the proximal end of the 
tail in the position where the body 
should end, as in other figures 
where the rain-cloud symbols are 
much more complex. 
The two drawings shown in fig- 
ure 29 are the two halves of a single 
figure cut along its medial line. One of these halves is reversed in 
such a way that corresponding parts are found on the same side. 
Viewing these two parts in this position, we can readily identify vari- 
ous organs of a highly conventionalized bird whose wings are rep- 
resented by a curved body 
terminating in a spiral, the 
body decorated with rain- 
cloud figures and the bowl 
with conventionalized fig- 
ures. This is the only fig- 
ure showing the distortions 
and reversions of the two 
halves of the bird’s body 
and appendages. 
Homologous parts are 
recognizable also in the 
bird design shown in fig- 
ure 30, but in this picture 
the size of the wings is greatly reduced, each consisting merely 
of two feathers. The rectangular body bears a ‘single large 
terraced or rectangular rain-cloud symbol, three semicircular 
figures, and two triangles. Two tail feathers and two posterior 
extensions of the body, one on each side, are shown. There are 
three parallel lines on each side of these posterior extensions. In 
Fic. 28.—Dorsal view of a bird. 
lic. 29.—Bird figure, two halves restored to natural 
position. 
