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62 A History of Art in Sardinia and Jud^a. Fig. 57. — Sardinian Statuette. Actual size. to emerge from his quiver. 1 Is this an elongated arrow- to denote the profession and, perhaps, the great proficiency of the owner, or a palm, emblem of vic- tory ? We cannot say, except that such append- ages are seen in abundance. Fig. 57 was described by Winckelmann and the Abbé Barthélémy. It re- presents a soldier carrying a long pole, or chariot shaft, and a pair of wheels at the upper end, whilst about the middle a basket is kept in place by a hook. 2 1 Plate IV. fig. 5, Bulletin Archéologique Sarde, 1884, repro- duces the stem and quiver of this statuette. 2 Winckelmann, Essay upon Etruscan Art {Histoire de P Art, I., III., ch. iii.). At that time the basket was not attached to the shaft but was carried on the head. This detail called forth the in- genious rather than probable supposition, that when on the line of march the native soldier had with him a wheel-basket or chariot containing his provisions. When the basket was full he wheeled it before him, when empty he took it to pieces and carried it about his head and back. Need- less to note that such an arrange- ment was not practical. Bar- thélémy, in his Memoirs upon the Ancient Monuments of Rome, Pt. I. t. 28, has given a front and back view of the statuette, which M. Robou has described afresh. From his photograph M. St. Elme Gautier made the drawing of our plate.