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THE POINT HARROW ESKIMO. 



held up round the ankles by two tie-strings of sealthong. sewed in be 

 tween the sole and the band, one on each side just under the middle 

 of the ankle. They are long enough to cross above the heel, pass once or 



twice round the ankle, which lits more loosely 

 than the rest of the boot, and tie in front. On 

 each heel is a large round patch of sealskin 

 with the hair on and pointing toward the toe 

 (to prevent slipping). These patches are 

 carefully &quot;blind-stitched&quot; on so that the 

 stitches do not show on the outside. 



Boots of this style are the common every 

 day wear of the men, sometimes made wholly 

 of dark deerskin and sometimes variegated. 

 They are often made of a pattern like that of 

 the lower part of the women s pantaloons; 

 that is, with the uppers separate from the leg 

 pieces, which are brown, with four white gus 

 sets on the calf. Fig. 77, No. 5(5759 [91], is 

 one of a pair of full-dress boots of a slightly 

 different pattern. The leg pieces are the 

 same in number as in Xo. 50750, and put to 

 gether in the same way, but 2 and 3 are of a 

 different shape. They are made of deer- 

 leg skins, each piece with a lighter streak 

 down the middle. The soles are of white 

 sealskin, finely crimped, with the edge com 

 ing to a point at the toe, and the five ornamental bands are of seal 

 skin, alternately black and white. A 

 strip of edging three-fourths of an inch 

 wide is inserted in the seam between 

 2 and 3 on each side. The light stripes 

 are mountain-sheep skin and the dark 

 ones the usual young fawnskin, tagged 

 with red worsted. The leg reaches to 

 just below the knee, and is hemmed 

 over on the inside, to hold the draw 

 string, which comes out behind. There 

 are strings at the ankles as before. 



Fig. 7!), No. S9834 [770], is one of a 

 pair of almost precisely the same pat 

 tern as the last, but made of mountain- 

 sheep skin. The soles are more deeply 

 turned up all round and have three 

 ornamental bands of sealskin around 

 the edge, black, white, and black. Edg 

 ing is inserted into both the seams on each side. 



. 77. Man s dross boot of deer 

 skin. 



Fici. 78. 1 atleru of man s dress boot of 

 deerskin. 



It is of strips of inoun- 



1 See diagram, Fi|f. 78. 



