 ... such as wolves, deer, and porpoises, and others. But, in general, these representations much exceed the natural size, and they are painted, and often strewed with pieces of the foliaceous mica, which makes them glitter, and, serves to augment their...  A General History of Voyages and Travels to the End of the 18th Century - Trang 227bởi Robert Kerr - 1815Xem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
 | General history - 1814 - 798 trang
...the heads of land and sea-animals, such as wolves, deer, and porpoises, and others. But, in general, these representations much exceed the natural size,...foliaceous mica, which makes them glitter, and serves to angment their enormous deformity. They even exceed this sometimes, and fix on the same part of the... | |
 | 1815 - 476 trang
...others. In general, these representations much exceed the natural size. Sometimes they fix on the upper part of the head large pieces of carved work, resembling...manner, and projecting to a considerable distance. In forming many of the human masks and heads, they show themselves to be ingenious sculptors. They... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 526 trang
...the heads of land and sea-animals, such as wolves, deer, and porpoises, and others. But, in general, these representations much exceed the natural size,...exceed this sometimes, and fix on the same part of th? head large pieces of carved work, resembling the prow of a canoe, painted in the same manner, and... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 644 trang
...deer, and porpoises, and others. But, in general, these representations much exceed the natural sizo ; and they are painted, and often strewed with pieces...and fix on the same part of the head large pieces of carved-work, resembling the prow of a canoe, painted in the same manner, and projecting to a considerable... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 654 trang
...the heads of land and sea animals, such as wolves, deer, and porpoises, and others. But, in general, these representations much exceed the natural size...foliaceous mica, which makes them glitter, and serves to augmeut their enormous deformity. They even exceed this sometimes, and fix on the same part of the... | |
 | James Cook - 1880 - 538 trang
...many the heads of land and sea animals, such as deer, wolves, porpoises, and others. But, in general, these representations much exceed the natural size,...serves to augment their enormous deformity. They even fix in the same part of the head large pieces of carved work, resembling the prow of a canoe, painted... | |
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