. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . ol. xiv. pp. 321, 322). 8 It is the panthers skin which is sccd, among others, on the shoulders of the negro prisonersof the XVIIIth dynasty (Wilkinson, Manners and Customs, 2nd edit., vol. i. p. 259, No. 13 c, d);it was obligatory for certain orders of priests, or for dignitaries performing priestly functions of aprescribed nature (Statues A 60, 6G, 72, 76, in the Louvre, E. de Rougé, Notice sommaire desMonuments de la Galène Égyptienne, 1872, pp. 44, 36, 38, 39; Lepsids, Denlcm., ii. 18, 19, 21, 22, 30,31 b, 32, etc. ; cf. Wilkinson, Manners a
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . ol. xiv. pp. 321, 322). 8 It is the panthers skin which is sccd, among others, on the shoulders of the negro prisonersof the XVIIIth dynasty (Wilkinson, Manners and Customs, 2nd edit., vol. i. p. 259, No. 13 c, d);it was obligatory for certain orders of priests, or for dignitaries performing priestly functions of aprescribed nature (Statues A 60, 6G, 72, 76, in the Louvre, E. de Rougé, Notice sommaire desMonuments de la Galène Égyptienne, 1872, pp. 44, 36, 38, 39; Lepsids, Denlcm., ii. 18, 19, 21, 22, 30,31 b, 32, etc. ; cf. Wilkinson, Manners and Customs, 2nd edit., vol. i. pp. 181, 182 ; Erman, JEgypten,p. 286). The sacerdotal costume is here, as in many other cases, a survival of the ancient attire ofthe head of the family, or of a noble in full dress. Those who inherited or who had obtained theright of wearing the panthers skin on certain occasions, bore, under the ancient empire, the title ofOirû basit, chiefs of the fur (Mariette, Les Matiabas, pp. 252, 253, 254, 275, etc.).. NEGRO PR1SONEIIS WEARING THE PANTHERS SKIN AS 54 THE NILE AND EGYPT. the body, the animals tail touching the heels behind,1 as we see later in severalrepresentations of the negroes of the Upper Nile. I am inclined to think thatat first they smeared their limbs with grease or oil,2 and that they tattooed theirfaces and bodies, at least in part, but this practice was only retained by thelower On the other hand, the custom of painting the face was nevergiven up. To complete their toilet, it was necessary to accentuate the archof the eyebrow with a line of kohl (antimony powder). A similar black linesurrounded and prolonged the oval of the eye to the middle of the temple,a layer of green coloured the under lid,4 and ochre and carmine enlivened thetints of the cheeks and The hair, plaited, curled, oiled, and plasteredwith grease, formed an erection which was as complicated in the case of theman as in that of th
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