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through which the drawskin runs (Plate VI a). The gutskin 

 trousers (Plate VI b) are not used by the western Eskimo. 



SOCKS. 



Reindeer socks, with the hair turned in, are worn in winter 

 inside the boots. They are ankle-high and similar to those used 

 by the Alaskan Eskimo. 



BOOTS. 



Except that the woman's boot has a slight fullness at the top 

 and more ornamentation, there does not appear to be any 

 particular difference between the boots of men and women in 

 Labrador, such as obtains in other sections (Plate III A). One 

 pair of women's boots secured from the east coast of Labrador, 

 was tanned entirely white. In ancient days these were reserved 

 for dress occasions at feasts and festivals, and nowadays are worn 

 to communion services. Both men's and women's boots are the 

 knee length. The hip-boot and the ankle-boot, used in Alaska, 

 are not found in Labrador. Dressed sealskin of various kinds, 

 for summer boots, and with the hair on for winter boots, is the 

 common material. A complete description is given in the 

 division on the making of clothing. Reindeer boots are found 

 in northern Labrador, similar in type to those of the Central 

 Eskimo. The Labrador boots are quite plain, and nowhere did 

 I see either the ornate fur-applique tops found in Alaska or the 

 attractive leather-applique work seen on Greenland specimens. 



SHOES. 



The Labrador Eskimo make an ankle-high dressed sealskin 

 shoe, slit down the front. It is the same size but different 

 otherwise from the Alaskan ku'muk. I have hesitated to in- 

 clude it in an account of Eskimo culture, because of its obvious 

 pattern after the white man's shoe, but find it illustrated in 

 Turner's account of the Ungava Eskimo. It appears to be an 

 adaptation of native material to a white man's cut (Plate VII e). 

 Another example of border influence is the moccasins which the 

 Labrador Eskimo half-breeds make. They are a clumsy imita- 

 tion of the Indian moccasin, with a higher back and cloth top 

 (Plate VII f). 



