HUlili &amp;gt;(.] 



BOOTS. 



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fron the white whale skins, are obtained from the eastern natives or 



else here. Such crimped soles are in use among the Kskimo every- 



whea, varying but little in general pat 

 tern The Greenland boots are specially 



notieable for the neatness of the. crimp 



ing, hile specimens in the Museum from 



the entral region arc decidedly slovenly 



iu tbir workmanship. The boots worn 



by to natives of Plover Bay have the 



sole .arrowed at the shank and hardly 



comig over the foot except at the toe 



and eel, where they are crimped, but 



less eeply than usual. This style of sole 



very nuch resembles those of a pair of 



Kamtiatdale boots in the National Mu 

 seum which, however, are turned up with 

 out cimpiug, as is the case with the boots 



used &amp;gt;y the Aleuts on the Commander 



Islans, of which Dr. L. Stejneger has 



kind] shown me a specimen. There is a 



foldc welt&quot; of sealskin iu the seam be- 



tweei the upper and sole of the IMover 



Bay hots. I am informed by ( apt. Heren- 



deen lat the natives have been taught to 



put tis in by the whalemen who every 



year urchase large numbers of boots on 



the S&amp;gt;erian coast, for use in the Arctic. 



unusul on Eskimo boots, are to be seen on some brought by Mr. Nelson 



from Kings Island and Norton Sound. The 

 winter boots usually have uppers of deer 

 skin, generally the short-haired skin from 

 the legs. Mountain-sheep skin is sometimes 

 used for full-dress boots, and sealskin with 

 the hair out for working boots. The latter 

 is not a good material, as the snow sticks 

 to it badly. There are four pairs of men s 

 winter boots in the collection, from which 

 No. 50750 [111] (Fig. 75) has been selected 

 as the type of the everyday pattern. They 

 are made of deer-leg skin with white seal 

 skin soles. Leg and upper are in four 

 pieces, 1 back 1, two sides 2 2, and front 3; 

 1 and 3 are gored at a a a to fit the swell 



of the alf; 1 and 3 are of dark skin, and 2 2 lighter colored, especially 



along ie middle. The bottom is cut off accurately to tit the sole but the 



top is it t irregular, as this is concealed by the breeches. The, boots are 



FIG. 75. Man s l&amp;gt;t c&amp;gt;f deerskin. 



Similar welts, which are very 



KIM. 



I deerskin boot. 



1 See diagram, Fig. 76. 



