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THE ESKIMO ABOUT BERING STRAIT 



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Another kind of fillet is tliat worn by women during the dances. 

 Two of these were seen at a festival ou the lower Yukon, one of which 

 was made from the skin of the white fox with the fur left on, and was 

 formed by a band of skin which extended around the head, with two 

 hanging strips attached over each teniijle and hanging below the chin 

 on each side. Another was made from skins of the large ermine of 

 that region. First was formed a band with the hair on and about an 

 inch and a half broad, to pass around the head. Attached to this by 



Fig. 147 — Woman with ermine fillet and eagle-feather wands. 



their heads, and hanging down over each side of the face, were two 

 comiilete ermine skins. The women who wore these also carried eagle- 

 feather wands in their hands during the dances. In the accompany- 

 ing illustration (figure 147), from a photograph, the ermine- skin fillet 

 described is shown. 



Ornamental armlets of various kinds are used by the men in these 

 dances. Figure 1, plate cvi, from Ikogmut, on the lower Yukon, is a 

 good exam])le of these. It is a broad band of reindeer skin with 



