[194] Wooden instruments have been found which were used for the pleating of linen stuffs. One of these, which is now in the museum of Florence, is figured in WILKINSON (_Manners and Customs_, vol. i. p. 185). The heavy and symmetrical folds which are thus obtained are found, as we shall see, in the drapery of Greek statues of the archaic period. [Illustration: FIG. 181.--Ra-nefer. Boulak. Drawn by Bourgoin.] One wooden statue at Boulak offers a variety of costume which is at present unique among the remains of Egyptian civilization. It is, unfortunately, in very bad preservation. It represents a man, standing, and draped in an ample robe which covers him from head to foot. His right arm is free; it is held across the body, and meets the left hand, which is thrust through an opening in the robe. The place where this statue was found, the material of which it consists, and the character of the workmanship, all combine to prove that it is a production of the early dynasties (Fig. 184).[195] [195] _Notice du Musée de Boulak_, No. 770. [Illustration: FIG. 182.--Statue in the Boulak Museum. Drawn by Bourgoin.] [Illustration: FIG. 183.--Statue of Ti. Boulak. Drawn by Bourgoin.] A few kneeling statues have also been found. The anonymous personage whose portrait is reproduced in Fig. 185 is upon his knees. His clasped hands rest upon his thighs. His eyes are inlaid; they are formed of numerous small pieces skilfully put together.[196] [196] _Ibid._, No. 769.