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===Use in stylization=== Besides the use for decoration, volutes were also used for the rendering of detailed textures. Many cultures that produced stylized art used geometric patterns for the reproduction of highly-detailed textures. The volutes were most often used for hair, an example of this being [[Art of Mesopotamia|Ancient Mesopotamian art]], where the strands of hair are shown through patterns of volutes. <gallery mode="packed" heights="200px"> File:Bull's head of the Queen's lyre from Pu-abi's grave PG 800, the Royal Cemetery at Ur, Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. The British Museum, London..JPG|[[Sumer]]ian volutes at the end of the strands of a bull [[mascaron (architecture)|mascaron]] of the queen's lyre, one of the [[Lyres of Ur]], 2600 BC, wood, lapis lazuli, limestone (red), [[bitumen]], gold, shell, [[British Museum]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1928-1010-1-a|website=www.britishmuseum.org|title=lyre|access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref> File:Lamassu from the Throne Room (Room B) of the North-West Palace at Nimrud, Iraq, 9th century BC. The British Museum, London.jpg|[[Neo-Assyrian Empire|Neo-Assyrian]] [[lamassu]], {{circa}}865-860 BC, gypsum, [[British Museum]] </gallery>
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