PERUVIAN ART 
for this is that the designs from the other three motives very rarely show 
degeneration to the extent that their identity is not apparent, while 
many of the fish figures have progressed so far that to recognize the 
motive one must be familiar with some of the stages through which it had 
passed in reaching its present form. 
The writer does not wish to convey the idea that degeneration of any 
animal form constantly progressed, step by step, at every repetition 
losing a little more of its realistic appearance until its character could 
not be recognized. A series of figures could be selected from the vast 
number at our command that would apparently show such progres- 
sion and this has often been done for the primitive art of other localities, 
but this method is very misleading, as the higher conventionalized forms 
were undoubtedly reached by mutations instead of steady progressions. 
Many of the sketches on the Plates of this Leaflet were made at 
various times during the past fifteen years for various papers, illustrated 
eatalogue cards, and other purposes. Every design shown will be found 
in the exhibition cases in the South American Hall. 
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