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 64 A History of Art in Sardinia and Jud.ea. our woodcut by a statuette (Fig. 61), 1 acquired in the second half of last century for the Royal Cabinet. This figure has no weapon beyond a dagger against his breast, held in place by a broad crossbelt. A low cap is or pouch, hooked on to a club, is swung over his back. The result Fig. 60. — Statuette, Library. Froi Height, 18 c. National 1 St. Elme Gautier. Fig. 61.— Sardinian Bronze. Actual size. National Library. From St. Elme Gautier. 1 Could doubt be entertained as to the Sardinian origin of this and the following figures, it would give way before the testimony of Caylus, who first published them. He formally states that they had been dug up a few years before in Sardinia and brought home by Barthélémy {Recueil d'Antiquités, t. iii. p. 100), a statement con- firmed by the abbé himself {Mémoires sur tes Monwnents de Rome, p. 595).
 * ~# upon his head, whilst a square bag