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قراءة كتاب Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166
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Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.
ANIMAL CARVINGS
FROM
MOUNDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
BY
HENRY W. HENSHAW.
CONTENTS.
| Page. | |
| Introductory | 123 |
| Manatee | 125 |
| Toucan | 135 |
| Paroquet | 139 |
| Knowledge of tropical animals by Mound-Builders | 142 |
| Other errors of identification | 144 |
| Skill in sculpture of the Mound-Builders | 148 |
| Generalization not designed | 149 |
| Probable totemic origin | 150 |
| Animal mounds | 152 |
| The "Elephant" mound | 152 |
| The "Alligator" mound | 158 |
| Human sculptures | 160 |
| Indian and mound-builders' art compared | 164 |
| General conclusions | 166 |
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Page. | ||
| Fig. | 4.—Otter from Squier and Davis | 128 |
| 5.—Otter from Squier and Davis | 128 | |
| 6.—Otter from Rau. Manatee from Stevens | 129 | |
| 7.—Manatee from Stevens | 129 | |
| 8.—Lamantin or Sea-Cow from Squier and Davis | 130 | |
| 9.—Lamantin or Sea-Cow from Squier | 130 | |
| 10.—Manatee (Manatus Americanus, Cuv.) | 132 | |
| 11.—Manatee (Manatus Americanus, Cuv.) | 132 | |
| 12.—Cincinnati Tablet—back. From Squier and Davis | 133 | |
| 13.—Cincinnati Tablet—back. From Short | 134 | |
| 14.—Toucan from Squier and Davis | 135 | |
| 15.—Toucan from Squier and Davis | 135 | |
| 16.—Toucan from Squier and Davis | 136 | |
| 17.—Toucan as figured by Stevens | 137 | |
| 18.—Keel-billed Toucan of Southern Mexico | 139 | |
| 19.—Paroquet from Squier and Davis |