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  Evening dress and shawl. By Worth. GEORGE BARBIER 1921

  ADAM AND EVE WITH CAIN AND ABEL – BAS-RELIEF OF 1186 – CATHEDRAL, MONREALE   The breast-fed babies are tightly swaddled in a fishbone pattern; only their little heads sticking out, there is a trace of bonnets to protect them, but the loving – maternal and paternal – gesture …

  Here too, it’s best to have the same size ends.  The knot is an upside down cone and gives the impression of a tie put on the wrong way. It’s very easy to do and is vaguely similar to Gordano’s Bonjour tristesse.

  NATIVITY– 12th CENTURY– CHIESA DELLA MARTORANA, PALERMO   Babies are tightly swaddled in white cloths, wrapped in a fish-bone pattern, imprisoning all of the little body except the head, including the arms. Mary is wearing a hooded cape that is hemmed and embroidered in gold over a long the …

  This Haida Kaigani ceremonial leather cloak dates back to before 1875. It is edged with fur and painted with crests portraying semi-human beings with bear claws. The central figures are identical, while the top image portrays a woman: the gender is indicated by the presence of the labial plate.