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parts of the body. Thus we find in Case 3c a blanket-border 

 representing a sea-monster. The animal is shown split in two 

 along its back ; but all its parts — except its head, the paws and 

 the tail — are much reduced in size. The teeth are indicated by 



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a series of slanting lines under each eye, but the lower jaw has been 

 omitted. The body is represented by a fine line extending from 

 the lower outer corners of the eye, around, then along the upper 

 margins and finally down again. The arms and the fins, which 

 are believed to be attached to the elbows of the monster, are of 

 very small size, while the paw is painted on a very large scale. 

 The wide strips in the fringe represent the dorsal fins of the mon- 



ster. This reduction of parts of the body has evidently given rise 

 to the elimination of all except the characteristic symbols, when- 

 ever this was necessary. We find a similar reduction of the sea- 

 monster design on a bracelet in Case C 13, the design of which is 

 shown above, and the complete omission of parts of the body 

 on another bracelet representing the eagle, of which only head, 

 talons and wings are shown. 



