Word: cotta
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...artistic spirit is manifested in various ways, by ornaments of mica, finely worked plates of copper and fragments of carved bone. The best specimens are probably to be found in the sculpture. Many little terra-cotta figures, about six inches in height, have been discovered, all of which are perfectly proportioned and wrought. These show the dress of the early peoples, the short tunics and curious headdress of the women, and the large earrings which were in general...
...Columbia University, New York. The Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis will also meet at Columbia University on Friday and Saturday. A joint meeting of the two associations will be held on Friday afternoon. Addresses will be delivered by Harvard representatives as follows: Dr. George H. Chase, "Some Terra-Cotta Types from the Heraeum"; Dr. Edmund von Mach, "The draped female figures from the Acropolis of Athens: an attempt at classification"; Professor John H. Wright, "Some Aspects of the Work of Heinrich Brunn...
...stove, which is very old, is made of terra cotta glazed with gum, and is probably the only one of its kind in this country. When in use, it was set on a bed of sand, on the deck of a canoe, and then heated for cooking purposes. The exact method employed has not yet been determined, for the stove was broken in transportation, and the pieces have not yet been fitted together...
...bowl is in the same condition as the stove. It is also made of glazed terra cotta, probably of the same period...