Capart, Jean, 1877-1947 · London : H. Grevel · leaf 224
PRIMITIVE ART IN EGYPT. 200 EI Amrah^ and at Abydos.- They also occur frequently in the great find of ivories at Hierakonpolis. The shape of one of these specimens strangely recalls the Venetian gondola^ (Fig- I57)- The presence at these various sites of boats in clay and ivory is of very great… … Fig. 15S. — Pottery Boat with Figures of Men. Berlin Museum. shows that they were made of beaten mud, probably covered with strips of palm wood imbedded in clay — wattle and mud. A door is inserted in the wall at one end, and at the other end arc two windows ; the door already shows the principal…
Art -- Egypt · Egypt -- Antiquities
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