PLATE II
Figs. [2], [3], and [4], dating 1700, 1500, and 3700 B.C. respectively, are wearing dresses of the first great type of Egyptian costume—namely, the tunic type. They were made of fairly thick linen. [Fig. 2] is put on by stepping into it and pulling it up. Figs. [3] and [4] are put on over the head; the measurements given will fit a slim figure without underclothing. The origin of [Fig. 2] was most probably a piece of linen of the same length as this garment but wide enough to lap about half round the figure and have a piece tucked in at the top to keep it closed. This sort of tight drapery is quite commonly worn by negresses in Africa to-day. We also find it on some ancient Egyptian wooden statuettes, the drapery being of linen while the figure only is in wood.
