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Page 224
... ornamented with the tuft from the tail of a buffalo . Between the two figures is a representation of the Roman sacrificial malleus , which , even in the time of the emperors , was employed in slaugh- tering the victims . It seems to ...
... ornamented with the tuft from the tail of a buffalo . Between the two figures is a representation of the Roman sacrificial malleus , which , even in the time of the emperors , was employed in slaugh- tering the victims . It seems to ...
Page 281
... ornamented with transverse plates of cop- per and rotang twist . The shields are usu- ally decorated with tails of the guinea - hog ( Potamacharus ) , and are invariably stained black . The shield of the Kanemboo negroes in the army of ...
... ornamented with transverse plates of cop- per and rotang twist . The shields are usu- ally decorated with tails of the guinea - hog ( Potamacharus ) , and are invariably stained black . The shield of the Kanemboo negroes in the army of ...
Page 350
... ornamented with parallel lines running at right angles with the top of the vessel , made as in the first piece described , and the top itself ornamented in the way our mothers ornamented the edge of a pie . Several other pieces show the ...
... ornamented with parallel lines running at right angles with the top of the vessel , made as in the first piece described , and the top itself ornamented in the way our mothers ornamented the edge of a pie . Several other pieces show the ...
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Resolution of Congress to print extra copies of the report | 11 |
selected of interest to collaborators and correspondents of the Institu | 14 |
Laboratory | 17 |
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