Bulletin, Issues 70-71The Museum, 1998 - China |
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STANDARDIZED REPRESENTATIONAL DEVICES OF THE MASK SYMBOL AND HUMAN TO ANIMAL METAMORPHOSIS It is known that the major purpose of the bronze vessel was ancestor propitiation , as indicated by inscriptions on Shang bronzes and Shang ...
STANDARDIZED REPRESENTATIONAL DEVICES OF THE MASK SYMBOL AND HUMAN TO ANIMAL METAMORPHOSIS It is known that the major purpose of the bronze vessel was ancestor propitiation , as indicated by inscriptions on Shang bronzes and Shang ...
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and three triangles may be read as a graphic abstraction of the eyed feather of the peafowl ( Fig.43B - C ) that is identified elsewhere in Shang imagery , extending as tail feathers of the birds that flank the buffalo mask on the royal ...
and three triangles may be read as a graphic abstraction of the eyed feather of the peafowl ( Fig.43B - C ) that is identified elsewhere in Shang imagery , extending as tail feathers of the birds that flank the buffalo mask on the royal ...
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This type of standardized representation generically describes a mask . Comparisons with Meosamerican , American Indian and the South Pacific cultures where masks are used in ritual practice immediately come to mind 118 ) .
This type of standardized representation generically describes a mask . Comparisons with Meosamerican , American Indian and the South Pacific cultures where masks are used in ritual practice immediately come to mind 118 ) .
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