114 



THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 



greater part of the skin of a reindeer fawn, with the back in the 

 middle and the sides and belly coining at the edges. The head of the 



a. 



FIG. 55. Detail uf trimming, skirt and shoulder of man s frock. 



animal is made into the hood, which is continuous with the baek. 

 Each sleeve is in two pieces, front and back, of the same shape, which 

 are sewed together along the upper edge, but separated below by the 



arm flap of the front, which 

 is bent down and inserted 

 like a gusset from the arm 

 pit nearly to the wrist. A 

 band of deerskin an inch 

 broad is sewed round the 

 edge of the hood, flesh side 

 out. The trimming consists, 

 first, of a narrow strip of long 

 haired wolfskin (taken from 

 the middle of the back) sewed 

 to the outer side of the bind 

 ing of the hood, its ends sep 

 arated by the chin piece, so 

 that the long hairs form a 

 fringe around the face. Sim 

 ilar strips are sewed round 

 each wrist with the fur in 

 ward. The binding round 

 the skirt (Fig. 55rt) is 2J 

 inches broad. The light- 

 colored strips are clipped 

 mountain sheep skin, the 

 narrow pipings are of the 

 dark brown skin of a very 

 young fawn, the little tags 

 on the second strip are of red 

 worsted and the fringe is of 



FIG. 56. Man wearing plain, heavy frock. 



wolverine fur, sewed on with the flesh side, which is colored red, prob 

 ably with ocher, outward. A baud of similar materials, arranged a 



