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(3) A fragment of a polished implement made of a reindeer horn, having one end rounded, and the tooth of a rhinoceros, showing artificial markings on its surface. P.171-fig.54-Palæolithic Man and Terramara Settlements in Europe.jpgFIG. 54.— "Idol" made of Mammoth Tusk (⅓). (4) The broken figure of a nude man, sculptured in ivory, said to be an "idol." What remained of it was in three portions, as shown on Fig. 54 the right arm, left hand, and the lower limbs being awanting. The trunk was perforated lengthways by a small hole, the lower orifice of which measured 4 millimetres, and the upper 1 millimetre.

The reddish colour of the loess in which these relics were found was due to a layer of ochre (oxide of iron, with some carbonate of lime and silica) which had been spread over the human skeleton.

The skull (Fig. 55) was extremely dolichocephalic and otherwise remarkable; but the former character might have been somewhat magnified by the injury it had sustained from the man treading on it. Towards the frontal and occipital P.171-fig.55-Palæolithic Man and Terramara Settlements in Europe.jpg FIG. 55 Side view of Skull of Brünn. (After Makowsky.). regions it presented the characters of the Canstadt type, while its middle or temporal parts resembled the Cro-Magnon skull. Its estimated capacity, according to Professor Schaaffhausen,