A catalogue raisonée of the natural history, ethnological specimens, and curiosities collected by Lady Brassey, during the voyages of the "Sunbeam", 1876-1883, exhibited at Sir Thomas Brassey's rooms, School of Fine Art, Claremont, Hastings / by Bryce Wright.

  • Wright, Bryce.
Date:
1885
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Credit: A catalogue raisonée of the natural history, ethnological specimens, and curiosities collected by Lady Brassey, during the voyages of the "Sunbeam", 1876-1883, exhibited at Sir Thomas Brassey's rooms, School of Fine Art, Claremont, Hastings / by Bryce Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. IS is of the purest gold, Nos. 19 and 20 being alloyed partly with copper. They have all been cast, and then hammered. The backs of each are differently ornamented, to represent the vertebra1. (Figs. 17, IS, 19.) 21, 22, 23. Imaginary Animals, resembling something be¬ tween a dog and a squirrel. Weight of No. 21, 1 dwt. 12 grains; No. 22, 20 grains ; No. 23, 4 dwts. 10 grains. District of Angostura, Antioquia. (Figs. 20, 21, 22.) 24. An Animal, in gold, something like a dog. There is no woodcut of this, but it is very like Fig. 22. Weight, 1 dwt. 4 grains. District of Maturates, Antioquia. 25. Winged God, in gold, with rudder¬ like tail. Weight, 5 dwts. 12 grains. District of Pdcora, Antio¬ quia. This remarkable mythological deity resembles a flying fish. The wings are particularly well ornamented, as also is the tail, which is very deep, in the shape of a rudder. The eyes are prominent, in a pointed head, with teeth like a shark. The gold is alloyed with copper. (Fig. 23.)