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back of the garment. Between the white skin on the sides and the 

 brown deerskin forming the back or central part of the hood, extends 

 a series of five narrow strips of white deerskin with the hair shaved 

 close and having welted into the seams narrow strips of black parch 

 ment-like skin. Two of these welted seams bordering the central one 

 have little tufts of red wool set along at intervals of about one-fourth 

 of an inch. Across the shoulders from front to back extend a similar 

 series of strips of white deerskin with black welted seams, and the 

 lower border of the garment is ornamented with a broader band of the 

 same handsome pattern. From the top and back of the shoulders, as 

 well as on the middle of the back, are attached tassel-like strips of 

 wolverine skin eight to ten inches in length. 



The frocks of the women of the lower Kuskokwim have the sides cut 

 up to a lesser degree than those to the north, and are provided with a 

 hood bordered with wolf, wolverine, or other skin with the fur on. Set 

 across the body before and behind are bands of white-hair deerskin, 

 having narrow welted strips of dark skin in the seams. The sleeves 

 and lower edge of the garment are bordered with a band of white-hair 

 reindeer skin fringed with wolverine skin. In addition, the women s 

 frocks of this district have strung along the patterns of white deer 

 skin in front and back little strings of beads an inch or two in length. 

 The trousers worn by the women from the lower Kuskokwim to Point 

 Barrow are made usually of skin taken from the legs of reindeer, and 

 commonly by sewing in alternating strips of different colors to produce 

 ornamental patterns. The specimen shown in plate xvm, from the 

 head of Norton sound, is a woman s handsomely made frock. The 

 body of the garment is of marmot skins, while skins from the crowns 

 of the same animal are pieced together on the crown of the hood. 

 The skirts and ornamental pieces are of white-hair reindeer skin, and 

 the trimming is of wolf and wolverine fur. 



The example from Mission, illustrated in plate xix, is made of salmon 

 skins tanned and worked with a scraper until they have become pliable. 

 Most of the seams are ornamented with bands of brownish dyed fish- 

 skin, on the surface of which are sewed narrow strips of white parch 

 ment-like skin from the throats of seals. On each shoulder are inserted 

 two gore-like pieces of fish-skin dyed brown and having ornamental 

 strips of white sewed along them and following their outline. 



WATERPROOF GARMENTS 



In addition to the upper garments already described the Eskimo 

 make waterproof frocks from the intestines of seals. The intestines 

 are dried and slit open, and the long, ribbon-like strips thus formed 

 are then sewed together horizontally to form a frock similar in shape 

 to those of fur worn by the men, as already described. About the 

 sleeves a braided sinew cord is inclosed in a turned-down border to 

 form a drawstring for fastening the garment securely about the wrist, 

 in order that the water may not enter. In addition the border of the 



