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JSTo. 12 in Cliapter III., and three other tools, one a large crooked 

 awl (sharpened at one edge), in handle, and steel "under- 

 cutting" and "relieving tools"* (see Pigs. 29 and 30). With 

 these the eyes, nostrils, lips, &c., of the model, are relieved and 

 undercut, in order to take in the folds of the inner surfaces of the 

 skin of those parts. Be sure to hollow out the mouth upward 

 toward the nostrils, keeping it fine, however, at the lips, and 

 not opening it outward too much ; the same with the nostrils. 



Fig. 29.— Steel •'Undercutting" Tool, 



jj'iG. 30. — Steel " Relieving " Tool. 



looking to the dead head to note the beautiful curves which 

 can be treated so as to express, at will, rest, alarm, or defiance, 

 according as the under-cutting is managed; the eyes of the 

 model must be hollowed out and deeply undercut to receive the 

 hollow glass globes (see Chapter XII), and the eye pits (lach- 

 rymal sinuses) relieved. 



* Messrs. Lechertier, Barbe, et Cie., of 60, Eegent-street, London, have many patterns of 

 these for plaster work, at a low figure. 



