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Page 261
... ornament of the shrines is often highly developed and characteristically Cambodian . Fundamentally , each shrine consists of a cell whose internal space is cubic and whose external walls are marked by moldings at top and bottom . The ...
... ornament of the shrines is often highly developed and characteristically Cambodian . Fundamentally , each shrine consists of a cell whose internal space is cubic and whose external walls are marked by moldings at top and bottom . The ...
Page 272
... ornament , from tattoos to carved bamboos and bronze body ornaments . The snake is the magico - mythi- cal creature that gives both its bodily shape ( either straight or undulant ) and its metaphysical power to the kris . Distributed ...
... ornament , from tattoos to carved bamboos and bronze body ornaments . The snake is the magico - mythi- cal creature that gives both its bodily shape ( either straight or undulant ) and its metaphysical power to the kris . Distributed ...
Page 796
... ornament . As his flourishing years with Adler became a provoking memory , Sullivan grew lonely and difficult . He became estranged from his brother Albert , who was a successful official of the Illinois Central railroad and who also ...
... ornament . As his flourishing years with Adler became a provoking memory , Sullivan grew lonely and difficult . He became estranged from his brother Albert , who was a successful official of the Illinois Central railroad and who also ...
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