[Illustration: Fig. 13 (_b_).] [Illustration: Fig. 13 (_c_).] [Illustration: Fig. 13 (_d_).] [Illustration: Fig. 13 (_e_) and (_f_).] When the trunk is distinctly marked off, it is apt to remain small in proportion to the head, as in the following two drawings by boys of about five (Fig. 14 (_a_) and (_b_)). As to its shape, it is most commonly circular or ovoid like the head. But the square or rectangular form is also found, and in the case of certain children it is expressly stated that this came later. A triangular cape-like form also appears now and again, as in the accompanying drawing by a boy of six (Fig. 14 (_c_)).[249] The treatment of the form of trunk often varies in the drawings of the same child. ----- Footnote 249: The opposite arrangement of a triangle on its apex occurs among savage drawings. ----- [Illustration: Fig. 14 (_a_).] [Illustration: Fig. 14 (_b_).] [Illustration: Fig. 14 (_c_).] At this stage there is no attempt to show the joining on of the head to the trunk by means of the neck. The oval of the head is either laid on the top of that of the trunk, or more commonly cuts off the upper end of the latter. The neck, when first added, is apt to take the exaggerated look of caricature. It may be represented by a single line, by a couple of parallel lines, or by a small oval or circle, as in the accompanying drawings by a girl of six and a boy of five respectively (Fig. 15 (_a_) and (_b_); _cf._ above, p. 342, Fig. 7 (_b_)). [Illustration: Fig. 15 (_a_).] [Illustration: Fig. 15 (_b_).] [Illustration: Fig. 16 (_a_).] [Illustration: Fig. 16 (_b_).] [Illustration: Fig. 16 (_c_).] It is noticeable that there is sometimes a double body, two oval contours being laid one upon the other. In certain cases this looks very like an expansion of the neck, as in the accompanying drawing by the same boy that drew the round neck above (Fig. 16 (_a_)). In other cases the arrangement plainly does not aim at differentiating the neck, since this part is separately dealt with (Fig. 16 (_b_)). Here it may possibly mean a crude attempt to indicate the division of the trunk at the waist, as brought out especially by female attire, as may be seen in the accompanying drawing where the dots for buttons on each oval seem to show that the body is signified (Fig. 16 (_c_); _cf._ above, p. 342, Fig. 7 (_c_)).[250] This, along with the triangular cape-shape of the trunk, is one of the few illustrations of the effect of dress on the first childish treatment of the figure. As a rule, this primitive art is a study of nature in so far as the artificial adjuncts of dress are ignored, and the rounded forms of the body are, though crudely enough no doubt, hinted at. ----- Footnote 250: On the other hand I find the button dots sometimes omitted in the lower oval. -----