To arrange the drapery, dating sixth to fifth centuries B.C., on [Fig. 41], take the corner b of [Fig. 41A] in the left hand, letting the rest of the drapery fall down the back, draw the edge b-a across the back, then under the right arm-pit across the chest, and throw the corner a upwards and over the left shoulder; a will hang down the back. It will be noted that this garment is weighted at the corners; this keeps it in position.
[Fig. 42] is a modern drawing showing the garment in front view.
[Fig. 43], dating eighth century B.C., is wearing cloak (see [Fig. 43A]) partly fringed. It is worn much in the same manner as [Fig. 41], but in [Fig. 43] the corner a is thrown backwards over the left shoulder, and the edge a-b is passed across the chest and under the right arm-pit, then drawn across the back, and the corner b falls down in front of the left shoulder.
This costume is not Persian, but that of some nation to the east of Persia in northern Asia Minor. The wearing of boots with upturned toes as here shown seems to have extended from Persia across northern Asia Minor to the Mediterranean even as far west as Italy.
[Fig. 44] is a modern drawing showing the garment in front view.