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Fågelhuvuvd. Birds. Among Yotkan antiquities are included a good many miniature figures; such representing birds are particularly frequent. Pl. XVII, 12-15. Figs 25 a.-b- Many of these are provided with a small foot-plate to be able to stand upright. Others are pierced for threading on a string. In the latter case they may be supposed to have adorned some sort of plain necklace. The birds are variously represented, some perched in a restful pose with their vings folded, others evidently in the act of flying. Miniature birds are numerously represented also in other collections. (Stein 1897, pls. XLV, XLVI. Hoernle 1899, pl. XIX. Hoernle 1902, pl. VII. Catalogue of Ryojun Museum, pl. LXXI.) Montell 1936, p. 188./Is