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Fig. 9. 



Fm. 10. 



that employed for smoke, as in the annexed drawing by a girl of 

 seven (Fig, 8, h). 



As implied in this account of the facial features, a good deal 

 of conventionlike agreement of method is enlivened by a measure 

 of diversity of treatment. Perhaps one of the most striking in- 

 stances of daring originality is seen in the attempt by a girl of 

 four who was subjected to a great deal of instruction to give 



separate form to the chin (Fig. 9). 

 This may be compared with the at- 

 tempt of the Uganda negro to indi- 

 cate symbolically the cheeks (see 

 Fig. 3). 



As I have remarked, to the child 

 bent on representing "man" the 

 head or face is at first the principal 

 thing, some early drawings contenting themselves with this. But 

 in general the head receives some support. The simplest device 

 here is the abstract mode of representation by two supporting 

 lines, which do duty for legs and body. These are for the most 

 part parallel (Fig. 2), though occasionally they are united at the 

 top, making a kind of target figure. This same arrangement, fix- 

 ing the head on two upright lines, meets us also in the rude 

 designs of savages, as may be seen in the accompanying rock 

 inscription from Schoolcraft (Fig. 10). 



The comparative indifference of the child to the body or trunk 

 is seen in the obstinate persistence of this simple scheme of head 

 and legs, to which two arms attached to the sides of the head are 

 often added. A child will complete the drawing of the head by 



Fig. 11. 



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Fig. 12. 



inserting hair or a cap, and will even add feet and hands, before 

 he troubles to bring in the trunk (see Fig. 2 and Fig. 7, d, also the 

 accompanying drawing by a boy of six, Fig. 11, a). With this 

 neglect of the trunk by children may be compared the omission 



