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all in wood, were ever in actual use or only made for sepulchral deposit, it is impossible to say.
In the case of the wooden spatula, L.C. vii. 03, no purpose of the latter kind suggests itself.

The fragments of wooden arrow-shafts, L.C. iii. 08; v. 031-4 (Pl. XXVI); x. 018-22, and the
fragment of wood, L.C. ii. 012 (Pl. XXVI), suggesting a piece from a scabbard, may have belonged
to actual arms. But the wooden handle of a dagger, L.C. x. 09 (Pl. XXI), was clearly not made
for use, but intended only to serve as a sepulchral deposit. On the other hand, the wooden buckles
for harness, L.C. i. 015; iv. 02 (Pl. XXIX); the leather ornament for a horse, L.C. iv. 04; the
leather object, L.C. x. 010 (Pl. XXVII), which might have belonged to some saddle trappings; the
lash of a whip, L.C. iii. 05 (Pl. XXVI), and the plaited leather thongs, L.C. iv. 03—all these look
as if they had served their purpose for the living before being left with the dead to meet their needs
in another life.

Finally I may mention here that the finds in the grave-pits of L.C. also included two well-
preserved coins of the Wu-chu type, perhaps intended to symbolize financial provision for the dead.

DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF OBJECTS EXCAVATED FROM, OR FOUND NEAR, GRAVE-PITS OF L.C. CEMETERY

L.C. 01. Frs. of figured silk lined with plain silk.
Pattern is composed of small rectangles about ¼″׳⁄₁₆″
arranged in lozenge order, with a centre in each lozenge
composed of four similar rectangles placed at the corners
of a fifth. Front and back formed by weft arranged in
bands of colour in the following order: bright blue,
copper, myrtle green, copper. Pattern is in dull gold
colour on one side and in the respective colours of bands,
on the other warp-rib weave.
Lining: plain, thin, greenish (prob. faded blue) silk,
finely woven. The whole very perished and discoloured,
although parts are fresh looking. Probably from a kind
of coat. Best preserved fr. 1′ 4″×7″. Pl. XXXV.

L.C. 02. Tattered fr. of costume, apparently a body-
band. Outer fabric, figured silk; lining green, finely
woven plain silk. Between the two a stiffening of coarse
evenly woven linen or cotton plain cloth, all sewn together
at top and bottom edges, and ends joined to form a tube-
like garment. Tuft of hair present.

The pattern is so involved and details so stylized as to
be almost impossible of description. The largest element
is a band about ½ inch wide issuing from an irregular
oblong blue and buff root-like form, with circular disc at
top, and branching shoulders; from these spring two
pairs of thin buff stems—one pair to R. and the other
to L. That to R. proper has one curved outwards, terminat-
ing in a blue flower in profile which resembles a hare-bell;
the other is short and has no flower.

The opposite pair, curved downward; one short, other
bearing similar flower, part green and part buff. Band
issuing from disc proceeds upwards and then turns into
angular lozenge-shape spiral having one and a half turns,
the enclosed central space containing green and buff
flower, similar to others but distorted to fill lozenge shape.
The first length of spiral band is decorated with herring-
bone pattern in buff. The remaining five are blue with
nebuly turn-overs, like Chinese cloud, in buff and green.
Similar turn-overs on root. This whole motif is repeated
across fabric at intervals of ³⁄₁₆″ at their nearest points.

Second element starts from three-lobed green and buff
'nest' between two of the discs. A downward curved
blue stem sweeps across root of first element and returns
upward, bearing a complex form which suggests rampant
lion-like beast with elliptical blue and buff head, green
and buff body, and blue rump. Six curved spinous off-
shoots in three pairs, suggesting legs, radiate forward
from the lower part of body; the two hinder, blue;
middle pair, buff or green; and the fore pair buff. A short
green or buff band meanders from root of first element
to neck of 'lion'. From below nest issues an S-shaped
stem which throws out a curved blue seed-pod, burst to
exhibit seeds (?).

Between upper and lower repeats of the 'lion' is a group
of three flowers, two blue and one green, on curved stalks
united below in a common stem issuing from neck of dragon.

The last element, set between the adjacent rows of the
first and second, is a thin blue green and buff dragon (?)
facing to L. and having perhaps rudimentary buff wings.
The 'off' fore (blue) and hind (green and buff) legs
with three claws on each are well defined. The near fore
(blue) extends forward from the lumbar region of the back
and is nebuly. Near hind (green) extends upward from
rump. From shoulders the long nebuly buff neck curves
back and down, becoming an angular scroll of one and
a quarter turns, thickened at head. A chain appears to
extend from hind to fore quarters.

All drawing, excepting that of flowers, is fantastic, and
it is quite easy to fit other interpretations to various parts
of the design.

Colour of ground, copper-brown, all outlines buff.
Balance of colour extremely good. Warp-rib weave.
Width 11″; circumference c. 30″; width of fabric 18″.
Pl. XXXV, XLI.

L.C. 03. Fr. of figured silk. Two pieces of same
pattern, joined; one retaining selvedge which is folded
under in joining to the cut and doubled edge of the other.

Pattern: on a bronze-brown ground a thin, buff, circular
scroll forms stem, curving R. to L. and springing from