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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 352

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Fig. 165.—The cowry-shell ornaments on the head of an officerscharger of the loth Hussars. The pendant recalls that onmules in Palestine. by pet animals is a remnant of a very old custom,and on early mediaeval brasses in this country, dogsare often seen decorated with collars—sometimesbearing their… … Fig. i66.—Cowry shells on an Eastern mule, hanging like the pendantof the loth Hussars.

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