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208 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. These limestone groups do not, as a rule, appear to have been executed with any great care. Their makers do not seem to have taken much pains to give them an individuality of their own ; but in spite of this feebleness of execution, they please by their l^^l "^M " ^ K(^- i^:¥'/::4 ' Fig. 187. — Wooden statuette, Iloulak. Drawn by Jioui goin. I'iG. 1S8. — Nefer-hotep and Tentela Boulak. composition. They are well arranged, their attitudes are simple and their gestures expressive. As a whole they have an air of calmness and repose which is thoroughly in accord with the ideas of the Egyptians on the question of life and death.
