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and beads, which are continued beyond the point where the 

 hair ends as an artificial prolongation of the braids, so that, in- 

 cluding the straps which form this continuation, loaded as they 

 are with beads, buttons, and metal ornameots of all kinds, they 

 nearly reach the ground. The whole is so skilfully done, that 

 at first one is inclined to believe that the women here were 

 gifted with a quite incredible growth of hair. A mass of other 



SAMOYED WOMAN S DRESS. 



After a drawing by H.j. Theel. 



bands of beads ornamented with buttons was besides often 

 intertwined with the hair in a very tasteful way, or fixed to the 

 perforated ears. All this hair ornamentation is^ naturally very 

 heavy, and the head is still more weighed down in winter, as it 

 is protected from the cold by a thick and very warm cap of rein- 

 deer skin, bordered with dogskin, from the back part of which 

 hang down two straps set full of heavy plates of brass or copper. 



