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WOMAN S FROCK. 



119 



Flo. 62. ruttcru of woman s frock. 



light and dark stripes. The pattern is shown in the diagram, Fig. 02. 

 The sleeves are of the same pattern as those of No. 56751 [184]. The 

 edge of the hood is bound with 

 deerskin, hair outwards. Trim 

 ming: a strip of edging (Fig. 63) 

 in which the light stripes are 

 clipped white mountain sheep 

 skin, the dark pipings brown, 

 almost hairless, fawnskin, and the. 

 tags red worsted, is inserted in 

 the seam between 7 on each side 

 and 6 and 2, and a similar strip 

 between the inner edge of 3, 2, 7, 

 9, and 1. A broader strip of simi 

 lar insertion, fringed below with 

 marten fur, with the flesh side out 

 and colored red, runs along the short seam ffff. The seam between 9 

 and 7 has a narrow piping of thin brown deerskin, tagged with red 

 worsted. A strip of edging, without tags and fringed with marten fur 

 (Fig. 64), is inserted in the seam gggg. The border of the skirt is 1 inch 

 wide (Fig. 64). The dark stripe is brown deerskin, 

 \, the white, mountain sheep, and the fur, marten, with 



the red flesh side out. The fringes are double strips 



of white deerskin sew r ed to the inside of the last seam, 

 about 3 inches apart. The shoulder straps are of 

 edging like that at g, but have the fur sewed on so 

 as to show the red flesh side. The hood has a fringe 

 of wolfskin sewed to the outside of the binding. This 

 frock measures 45 inches in the back, 32 in the front, 19 across the 

 shoulders, and 17 at the waist. The skirts are 21 inches wide, the 

 front 18, and the back 20 inches long. The pieces 7, 8, and 9 of the 

 hood are white. This is an unusually handsome garment. 



FIG. 63. Untail of edg 

 ing, woman s frock. 



FIG. 64. Details of trimming, woman s frock. 



Deerskin garments rarely have the ornamental piecing seen in this 

 frock. Each one of the numbered parts of the pattern is generally in 

 one piece. The pieces 8 and 9 are almost universally white, and 7 is 

 often so. About the same variety in material and trimming is to be 

 found as in the men s frocks, though deer and mountain sheep skins 

 were the only materials seen used, and the women s frocks are less often 

 seen without the fringe round the hood. Plain deerskin frocks are 

 often bordered round the skirts with a fringe cut from deerskin. The 



