Tl'RNER.] 



CLOTHING. 



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Flo. 90.— Detail of pattern painted on iteerakin robe. 



length of tlie coat, aud these are the side seams. The seam at the 

 skirt, the armhole, sleeve, and collar are the shorter ones. The coat is 

 always more or less ornamented with extravagant painted designs. 

 The colors and other materials nsed for painting these designs will be 

 described in another connection, as well as the manner of applying 

 them. 



The patterns of these de- 

 signs will be best understood 

 by reference to the figures, 

 whicli show some of them in 

 detail (Figs. 89, 90). 



The colors used often pre- 

 sent startling combinations 

 of red, blue, yellow, and 

 brown. The portions of the 

 garments upon which tliese 

 colors are placed are the 

 front edges of the opening 

 of the coat, the wrists, and 

 rings around the arms or 

 sleeves, the skirt and pyra- 

 mid-shaped designs over the hips. The piece intended to widen the 

 skirt behind is always entirely covered with a design of some kind. 

 Over the outside of the 

 seams a line of paint is 

 always applied, nearly 

 always of a red or brown 

 color. 



Frequently a series of 

 quadrate blotches or 

 squares produced by 

 variously colored lines 

 runs from the apex of 

 the piece inserted in the 

 skirt to the collar. 



The length of the coat 

 is such as to reach to the 

 middleof the thigh. The 

 coverings for the lower 

 limbs and for the hips 

 are quite distinct. For 

 the hips the garment is 

 a sort of breeches of 

 which the legs are so 

 short as only to cover 



the upper portion of the j-if,. i(l,_Iii,lian bncUsliin Icsglngs. 



thigh. The breeches are held in place by means of a drawstring in front. 



