ALIGHTING FIGURE: USE OF CESTUS
21'
These highly sensational episodes are primarily exhibitions of acrobatic
skill. In this respect, as already noted, they differ from the parallel perfor-
mm
Fig. 148. Male Taureador in the Act of Alighting.
mances of the Minoan cow-boys, the aim of which was rather the catching of
wild or half-wild animals. That girls actually took part in this more practical
21'
These highly sensational episodes are primarily exhibitions of acrobatic
skill. In this respect, as already noted, they differ from the parallel perfor-
mm
Fig. 148. Male Taureador in the Act of Alighting.
mances of the Minoan cow-boys, the aim of which was rather the catching of
wild or half-wild animals. That girls actually took part in this more practical