18. Suit of Armour of coco-nut fibre, from Pleasant Island, in the Pacific. It is probable that the under tippet, which is now attached to the back- and breast-piece at the top, may originally have been intended to be worn round the loins, like a kilt. (Mus. R. U. S. Inst.)
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19. a. Quilted Pectoral of the Egyptians. Meyrick, l. c., vol. i. pl. i. b. shows the manner in which it was worn. Rawlinson, Herodotus (1862), vol. iv. p. 47, No. iii. 3 (but this figure is Kheta, not Egyptian.—Ed.).
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20. Quilted Head-dress of the Egyptian soldiers. Meyrick, l. c., vol. i. pl. i.
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21. Quilted Helmet of nearly the same form as fig. 20, from India. (Author’s Coll.)
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22. Head-dress of nearly the same form as figs. 20, 21, from the Nouaer tribe of Negroes, inhabiting both banks of the Nile from 8° to 10° N. latitude; brought to England by Mr. Petherick. It resembles the Egyptian very closely, and is composed of cylindrical white beads of European manufacture, fastened together with a kind of string. (Author’s Coll.)
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