Original Message: Re: Ordos humans |
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Thanks, Lynne; thanks, Ann. Yes, there are occasional human figures, and I'd be happy to see more. I remember a belt plaque of a man apparently being eaten by a tiger. I think there are probably more human representations in the Scythian cultures to the west. I'll attach a well-known one supposedly from the Ordos region that's in the British Museum; I've always had doubts about it and now, I notice, there's a question mark beside it in the museum catalogue. These representations almost always show men with non-Chinese nomadic features. One of the faces on my harness fitting conforms with that, but the other looks very "oriental," which is definitely unusual; I think it may relate to the way in which this culture looks both ways, towards the nomadic west, but also to the more settled southeast. Cheers, Will All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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