Costume: fanciful, historical, and theatrical (1906)
Aria, Eliza (Davis) 1866- · London Macmillan · leaf 200
AN EGYPTIAN JF.ASANTWOMAN. i6o COSTUME CHAP. classes of society had recourse to wigs, the richemploying natural hair for the purpose, and thepoor, wool. A typical example of a fashionableperruque took the form of a densely-braided masswhich covered the head as efficaciously as a mat,one large plait… … AN EGYPTIAN WATER-CARRIER. head was usually encircled by a slender golden fillet,which, in the case of a Pharaoh, or a royal lady,was twined about with the urasus, emblem ofsupreme sovereignty. The head of the sacred aspreared threateningly in the centre of the forehead.Cleopatra—not the famous…
Costume
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