with the men. Theirhabitual posture corresponds to that shown on the steles : theknees drawn up in front of the face to the height of the nose, oron each side of the head and level with the ears. These attitudesare not graceful, but when the bodies thus drawn together areraised to their full height… … Fig. 194.—Woman making bread, Boulak. Drawn by Bourgoin. This early art never carried its powers of observation and itsexactitude of reproduction farther than in the statue of Nem-hotep,which we show in full-face and profile in Figs. 198 and 199.Whether we call him, with Mariette, a cook, or, with…
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