no 



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THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 



■;■ tlic ticsh siilf coloicil veil,' wliik* Aiiifricaii-iln-ssed skins are 

 woikcd .Mift and iiihbcd with clialk i.r t^ypMuii, .uiviiig a buaiitifiil 

 white Miifacf likf iiipu-clayed k-atlier. 



Tlic skins of the wliite iiiouiitaiu sheep, white and blue fox, wolf, dog, 

 ci iiiinc. and lynx are sometimes used for clothing, and under Jackets 

 made of eider diiek skins arc rarely nsed. Sealskin dressed with the 

 hair on is used only for hrce(dies and lioots, and for those rarely. IJlack 



dr. 



lat 



;, with the epidermis le 

 „rt-_is iise.l for \\at( 

 white sealskin, taiiiie 



d the hair shaved 

 1 ts, while the 



(h'rmis removed, is used for the soles of winter 

 1 )oot s. Waterproof boot soles are made of oil- 

 dressed skins of the white whale, bearded seal, 

 walrus, or polar bear. The last material is not 

 usually mentioned as serving for sole leather 

 among the Eskimo. Nordeuski.'ihl,- however, 

 fonnil it in use among the (Jhiikches for this 

 pui))osc. It is considered an excellent ma 

 terial tor .soles at Point Barrow, and is some- 

 times used to make boat covers, which are 

 ^ beautifidly white. Heavy mittens for the win- 

 ter are made of the fur of the polar bear or of 

 dogskin. Waterproof (mter frocks aie of seal 

 entrails, sjdit and dried and sewed togetlier. 

 For trimmings are used deerskiu of ditfercnt 

 colors, mouiitain-slieep skin, and black and 

 white sealsl^in. wolf, wolverine, and marten 

 fur, and wliole ermin.' skins, as well as red 

 worsted, and oeeasioiiall\ lieads. 



STYLE OF DKESS. 



Dr. Simi)S(m^ gave an excellent general de- 

 scription of the dress of these people, which is 

 Fin -ii -iiiiu 111 „nim,iry .Urr (^j^. saiiic at the j)resent day. While the same 

 "'"'"'"""■" in general pattern as that worn by all other 



Eskimo, it differs in many details from that woin by tlie eastern Eskimo,'' 

 and most closely resend)les the style in vogue at and near Norton Sound.-' 

 The man's dress (Eig. r.l. from a idiotograph of Apaidyao) ••onsists of the 

 usual loo.se hooded fro<-k. witliour oi.ening except at the neck and wrists. 

 This reaches just over the hips, rarely about to mid-thigh, Avhere it is cut 



I Compare Nordenskiold, Vega, vol 2. p. 213. 

 •Vega, vol. 2. p. 9fl. 

 30p. fit . pp 241-24.-, 



«See f.ii .- .i,i|.l I -I. ]■ 'I'l I , ,„i .1 1 h 'I 1. ..' (i| .,1 lii. ■' iinl -'- -niitli 

 Sound) , K iih ].■ ' • I I ' ' ' • ' ' i . II " 



pp. 23, 24, ,ih1 II .> - 1 I '1 I I I I I'l G 



(Iglulik).!;..,..-, (.nli.,11.,1 l.| I <■ Kun.lu.i 1." , u . 14, .. .i il umb. il.iud u uU i , .ilv, I lu- 



bisher, in Hakluyfa "Voyages, lOhU, ttc, p. 02». 



>DaU, Alaska, pp. 2] and 141. 



