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The origins of art; a psychological & sociological inquiry

Note 487 — Chapter XX · ART AND MAGIC

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Haddon in Journ. Anthr. Inst. xix. p. 427 (Tribe of Torres Strait; Models of Dugong used as charms to attract the fishes); Woldt in Arch, für Ethnographie, i. p. 106 (Kultusgegenstände der Golden und Giljaken; sculptures of fishes used for the same purpose by the Golds); Spencer, quoting Motolinia, Descr. Soc. Div. ii. Nr. 2, p. 39 (similar customs among the old Azteks).

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