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 349
on whichmalachite was ground for face painting were often inthe form of two birds, with their bodies put back toback, and their heads fully shown, and when this 291 ^ THE HERITAGE OF DRESS form degenerates it becomes a kind of heart-shapedshield. Professor Petrie has pointed out that whenthis… … Fig. 164.—An English horse amulet showing- both the heart and the sun. consisted of an arrow-head sewn upon a piece ofscarlet cloth, which was of a heart shape, and wasintended doubtless to emphasize the heart significance.Another horse amulet, obtained by Miss Eckensteinfrom Sicily, also consists…
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