extra-constructional - Word in Context

Updated: May 7, 2025

Baskets ornamented with feather work. Baskets ornamented with feather work. An example from a higher grade of art will be of value in this connection. The ancient Peruvians resorted to many clever devices for purposes of enrichment. An illustration of the use of extra-constructional means to secure desired ends are given in Figs. 334 and 335.
William Henry Holmes - A Study Of The Textile Art In Its Relation To The Development Of Form And Ornament: Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the: Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85,: Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, (pages: 189-252)