 | James Constantine Pilling - Eskimo languages - 1887 - 544 pages
...excepting, apparently, in the formation of sheet gold, which was probably an indigenous product. Repousse work is not found, save as represented in the crimping...or utensil having come to my notice. The absence ot ntensils and of hammered objects of any kind strikes me as being rather extraordinary, since it is... | |
 | James Constantine Pilling - Eskimo languages - 1887 - 538 pages
...excepting, apparently, in the formation of sheet gold, which was probably an indigenous product. Repoussé work is not found, save as represented in the crimping...ornaments, no coin, weapon, tool, or utensil having come to mj notice. The absence oí utensils and of hammered objects of any kind strikes me as being rather... | |
 | 1888 - 768 pages
...excepting, apparently, in the formation of sheet gold, which was probably an indigenous product. Repousse' work is not found, save as represented in the crimping...that gilding, or at least plating, was understood. utensils and of hammered objects of any kind strikes me as bein& rather extraordinary, since it is... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology - America - 1888 - 766 pages
...the formation of sheet gold, which was probably an indigenous product. Repousse" work is not fonnd, save as represented in the crimping and indenting...that gilding, or at least plating, was understood. utensils and of hammered objects of any kind strikes me as bein§ rather extraordinary, since it is... | |
 | Science - 1888 - 898 pages
...excepting apparently in the formation of sheetgold, which was probably an indigenous product. Repouss6 work is not found, save as represented in the crimping and indenting of gold-leaf. Engraving and carving were not practised. It may be deemed certain that gilding, or at least... | |
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Bepousse work is not found, save as represented in the crimping and indenting of gold leaf. Engraving and carving were not practiced. It may be considered certain that gilding, or at least plating, was understood. The objects are obtained from ancient... 