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pattern are worn as a complement of the fringes (Plate V c). 

 This form of bead ornamentation is pushed to an extreme in the 

 elaborately decorated frocks of the Eskimo of the west coast of 

 Hudson bay. 



A composite button with a reindeer skin centre and a fringe 

 of beads was formerly used on the dickys of the southern Labra- 

 dor Eskimo in the vicinity of Hamilton inlet and Sandwich bay 

 (Plate Vb). 



TROUSERS. 



The trousers of the Labrador Eskimo are made of sealskin, 

 dogskin, or moleskin, according to locality and use. On the east 

 coast of Labrador cloth trousers have largely superseded the old 

 sealskin type (cila'qaqox). For the women short trousers made 

 of moleskin, just coming to the top of the boots and prettily 

 embroidered at the bottom, are still in use (Plate I A). With 

 them are worn the white-topped boots and embroidered ci'l-apaq, 

 as shown in the illustration. This makes a very attractive 

 costume, but is mostly confined to dress occasions, sealskin 

 trousers being used for ordinary wear (Plate I B). The seal- 

 skin trousers for the men come in two lengths, a knee and an 

 ankle length. Illustrations of patterns of each are found in 

 the ensuing pages. The use of the long sealskin legging with 

 conbination boot or shoe, on the east coast of Hudson bay, 

 has been mentioned. The Labrador Eskimo do not use leggings 

 like the Alaskan Eskimo. 



In Ungava bay, from Fort Chimo to Cape Wolstenholme, 

 dogskin, which wears longer than sealskin or reindeer, is highly 

 prized by the men as material for trousers. Like the polar 

 bearskin trousers of other Eskimo tribes, the long dog-hair does 

 not so soon become greasy from the blubber eaten. Dogskin is 

 also used in this section for dickys for small boys. 



A kayaker's suit, consisting of a gutskin coat and trousers, 

 was obtained from Cape Wolstenholme. The coat is made 

 like the usual type, of seal gut sewn together in longitudinal 

 strips, but is peculiar in having a dressed sealskin flap in front. 



