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sionally we find slippers of fawnskin with the short curly hair 

 lining the inside, as in Alaska. 



Figure 2. 1. Pattern of sealskin slipper for boot. 



a. Herringbone side seam. b. Herringbone heel seam. 



c. Herringbone bottom of heel seam. 



2. Men's tobacco bag. 



a. Continuous edge seam with beaded sinew. 



Shoes. 



An ankle-high shoe of tanned sealskin is sometimes worn 

 by the women and children in summer (Plate VII e). They 

 differ from the ankle-boot or kumuk of the Alaskan Eskimo in 

 having a slit in front and in being evidently modelled after the 

 shoe of the white man. The shoe is composed of two pieces, a 

 sole and an upper which opens in front. It has no tongue. The 

 upper is held together by a drawstring or lacing. The sole is 

 gathered to the upper all around with the a-'l'ox stitch. 



A winter shoe, with narrow bands of sealskin across the sole, 

 is used by some of the northern tribes (Plate VII b). The 

 transverse pieces are to prevent slipping on the ice. A specimen 



