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The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1908)

Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · New York, The McClure Co.; London, E. Grant Richards · leaf 322

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Fig. C.The tainted face of a taper figfke \\T-[ICH TS burned at CHINESE FUNER.AI.S.{After MoscUy, hy the courtesy of ilfr. John Mm-i-ay) … Fig. D.The tattooed head of a Maori chief. (By tlie courtesy of General Rohley.) PLATE X. CLOWN AND PAINTING THE BODY 271 eye, with a black powder called kohl. The material isprepared either from burning- an aromatic resin or theshells of almonds. The custom prevailed among bothsexes in Egypt far…

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