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Show Hie I'ri'.tuliiiiililillii. (( torsMs) The flrst articles used by prlmlllvu man for domestic un , euoli as tlio ehelts of rnolluiks or of fruits, wuroeughurlltu of Uecorallou, and when similar articles began to bu produced In plastic material, mater-ial, thu workman would Imitate thu peculiarities of the nslural model be. fore him. Tho shell ol n .mollusk covered with ilnn would suggest a nojud vessel In els), whllo aril ted or fluted fruit shell would e,lvo rise to a similarly formed easel liven tho ornamental scroll ma) hau had the sea shell for lis urleju. lhe elements of aboriginal ornamental art worn thus thrived from thna sources' I Hat, from natural aljects; second, from artificial objects, whether functional or constructional, end third, from tuggos. lions arising Irom Incidents attending couttructlou. It was not, therefore, in tho potter's mind that the first Ideas of decoration originated. They wero derived, unconsciously, un-consciously, from nature; nud tosto lelng cxereisi I lalir, n variety of oljects gradually, In vourso of time, would le rudoly oruauieutcd. Thu first stage of ceramlo ornnmcntatlon waotho ullllzitlonof thouoll for that Iiiriose. It uojII not gemrully be supposed that III" coll could bo mndo lo coutrlbuto to thu beauty nf a vessel, lut under thu skill of the Tueblo Indian, It formed n very prominent feature In decoration, Tho primitive potter failed not to notlco that tho rldeis produced b) the layers of colls, aud thu corriigiitlms formed by the tressure of her fingers gaa il phasing phas-ing e licet to the vewol, mid therefrom there-from she worked out a variety of do-oorat,o do-oorat,o designs. |
