Clothing and Ornaments, Toys and Games. 



The only real article of clothing hitherto known from North-east 

 Greenland is a part of a boot (L. 3348) found in house 142 on Ma- 

 roussia. It is made of sealskin, with the hair turned outwards. A 

 portion of the sandal which curves up round the foot is preserved, 

 showing the gathering and sewing at the juncture between sandal 

 and upper. The specimen is, however, so crushed and defective, that 

 no further details are distinguishable. 



Ornaments are more numerously represented. A type of orna- 

 ment not previously known, and evidently intended to be worn round 

 the neck, is the round plate of mica, bored at one edge for a sling, 

 of which two specimens (PI. XXV, 2021) were found at the settle- 

 ment at Rypefjeldet, one (L. 3999) in one of the winter houses 522 

 -24 (PI. XXV, 20) and the other (L. 4078) in tent 549. The latter, 

 which measures 3'8 x4 - 6 cm., has the cord, of twisted sinew thread, 

 preserved ; it lay rolled up along the edge of the ornament itself; 

 the other, measuring 4 x 4'4 cm., lacks the cord. 



Other neck ornaments have already been mentioned under the 

 heading of grave finds, as for instance the seven black, low cylin- 

 drical stone beads (L. 3064) from grave 529 at Rypefjeldet (PI. VII, 8, 

 cf. p. 364) as also the eight pierced teeth of fox (L. 3066) found to- 

 gether with two pendants (PI. VII, 13 15) in grave 321 on the east 

 shore of Stormbugt (p. 36162). Of the drop ornaments, the one 

 (L. 3058) is of bone, 2 cm. long, slender and rounded, narrowed at 

 the waist and with a raised belt above (PI. VII, 14), the other (L. 3059) 

 is of black stone, 1'8 cm. long, nearly circular in outline, flat at the 

 back and convex in front (PI. VII, 15). These ornaments, the stone 

 drop in particular, would seem to have been intended for the ear. 



Similar articles of ornament were found in house 406 at Snenaes, 

 (p. 374) to wit, one bored animal tooth (PI. XI, 11) and eight long 

 cylindrical bone beads, M to 1-5 cm. long (PI. XI, 10) as also some 

 drops of stone or bone. One of these stone drops (L. 3760) is of the 



