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 262 Primitive Greece : Mycenian Art. horizontal bands. On the authority of these bands some have identified the Mycenae costume with that of Chaldaea ; but we think on unsufficient grounds. We fail to trace any resemblance between the Mycenoe costume and the Eastern kaunakes, a woollen fabric on which long hairs are arranged into a fringe- like trimming.' NoVhere can the native dress be more dis- Fic. 379.— Ivory liandlo. Tolal height, o m., 16. tinctly seen than on a gold figure from the third grave of the Mycenian acropolis (Fig. 376). In the round dots, in high- relief, of the skirt, we recognize metal buttons, of which countless numbers were collected in these shafts ; whilst the bands between them, also in relief, are no more than silver or gold lace sewn on to the garment. Very similar female figures adorn a number • Heuzkv, Une tloffe eliaUhniie,