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THE POINT BARROW KSKIMO. 



Tlie foiinoi (miu'i ot tliislxaiitiliil IkmK -iik c 

 elcgaiitl.v (lu'sscd. IIis(lwiskiiiclcitli(>\\c ic ilu 

 Ilu' owiu'd <iii clcjj.int fioik ol l((\skiii^ lilt 1 1111(1 

 a lii»>il <>t (Icciskiii, \\lii(h ^^t' did not mu ( < ( d ni 

 lc( tKMi (Tlic " ]iiiii]K'i of mixed vhite and l>lii< 

 Kain at Ita,' nnist lia\(' lu-cn like this.) 



The ^^olnal^s tuxk diftois fioiii tllat^\olIl 1)\ 

 of till- hood and hkuth, .is nicntioiiod alMAc. iiid 



\eiy 



I, md 

 wirli 

 ...1 



. sill 



h htt 



idc to "baj,'" soiiicwiiat in tlic liack, in order to 

 ;■ the chihl. The pattern is eoiisi.U-iably ditterent 

 fi'om that of the man's frock, us will be seen ft-om the description of the 

 tyi)e specimen (the ouly one in the collection), No. 74041 [1791] (Fig. 

 Gl, a and &), wbich is of deerskin. The hood is raised into a little point 

 on top and bulges out into a sort of rounded pocket at the nape. This 

 is a holiday garment, made of strips of skin ft-om the shanks and belly 

 'indeer, pieced together so as to make a pattern of alternating 



' Second Grinnell Exp., vol. 1, p. 203. 



in to the waist 

 give room for c 



of the 



