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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42067#0321
Art of the North Pacific Coast of North America
287
j k l m no r
whale, Nootka and coast of Salish.
that in a number of these carvings it was not the intent to represent
the eagle with bird headdress, but that the form is rather due to
the compelling influence of a standardized form that determined the
outlines of the subject of the representation. Common to these
clubs is also the central ornamental line ending near the point in a
circular ornament which is often given the form of a human head-
Representations of animals in wood carving differ also in import-
ant features from those of the northern region. The tendency to
ornament the whole body, the dislike of a plain background is not
287
j k l m no r
whale, Nootka and coast of Salish.
that in a number of these carvings it was not the intent to represent
the eagle with bird headdress, but that the form is rather due to
the compelling influence of a standardized form that determined the
outlines of the subject of the representation. Common to these
clubs is also the central ornamental line ending near the point in a
circular ornament which is often given the form of a human head-
Representations of animals in wood carving differ also in import-
ant features from those of the northern region. The tendency to
ornament the whole body, the dislike of a plain background is not