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by boys of about five (Fig. 14, a and h). As to its shape, it is 

 most commonly circular or ovoid like the head. But the square 

 or rectangular form is also found, and in the case of certain chil- 



FiG. 14. 



dren it is expressly stated that this came later. A triangular 

 capelike form also appears now and again, as in the accompany- 

 ing drawing by a boy of six (Fig. 14, c).* The treatment of the 

 form of trunk often varies in the drawings of the same child. 



At this stage there is no attempt to show the joining on of the 

 head to the trunk by means of the neck. The oval of the head 

 is either laid on the top of that of the trunk, or more commonly 

 cuts off the upper end of the latter. The neck, when first added, 

 is apt to take the exaggerated look of caricature. It may be rep- 

 resented by a single line, by a couple of parallel lines, or by a 



small oval or circle, as in the ac- 

 companying drawings by a girl 

 of six and a boy of five respec- 

 tively (Fig. 15, a and h ; also Fig. 



7, &). 



It is noticeable that there is 

 sometimes a double body, two 

 oval contours being laid one 

 upon the other. In certain cases 

 this looks very like an expansion 

 of the neck, as in the follow- 

 Pjq^ ;i5 ing drawing by the same boy 



that drew the round neck above 

 (Fig. 16, a). In other cases the arrangement plainly does not aim 

 at differentiating the neck, since this part is separately dealt with 

 (Fig. 16, h). Here it may possibly mean a crude attempt to indi- 

 cate the division of the trunk at the waist, as brought out espe- 



* The opposite arrangement of a triangle on its apex occurs among savage drawings. 



