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DRESS OF THE BRONZE AGE
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61/4 in. high, and was fastened together by pieces of osier or bark. In this box was a similar smaller one, without a lid, and in this again were three articles, namely, a cap 7 in. high, of simply woven woollen stuff (fig. 74); a small comb 3 in. long, 21/2 in. high (fig. 75); and a small simple razor-knife.

Fig. 67.—Gold fibula, one-third of the actual size. The external surfaces of the cups are decorated with circular indentations surrounding a central indented spost. There is also an elegant pattern where the handle joins the cups. It is 83/8 inches long, and weighs 33 ounces, being the heaviest now known to exist.

Fig. 68.—Iron ornament, Africa.

After the cloak and the bark-box had been taken away, two woollen shawls came to view, one of them covering the feet, the other lying nearer to the head. They were of a square shape, rather less than 5 ft. long, 3 ft. 9 in. broad, and with a long fringe (fig. 77). At the place where the body had lain was a shirt (fig. 76), also of