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History of Phoenicia

CHAPTER XII--DRESS, ORNAMENTS, AND SOCIAL HABITS
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A little below the knee is another band of embroidery, from which the robe falls in folds or pleats, which gather closely around the legs.

Above the long robe is worn a mantle, which covers the right arm and shoulder, and thence hangs down below the right knee, passing also in many folds from the shoulder across the breast, and thence, after a twist around the left arm, falling down below the left knee.

The treatment of the hair is remarkable.

Below the rim of the cap is the usual row of crisp curls; but besides these, there depend from behind the ears on either side of the neck three long tresses.

The feet of the figure are naked.


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