124 TIIK POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 



C,'/,,,.,.^.— Ciliivcs (if lliiii ili'crskiii. Wdi-ii witli tlic li:iir in, ;mil often 

 (.l.-;iiiIl.V(.in;n,HN,t.'.l.;Mv usr.lNvith full .Ircss, ..s|,,M-i;,lly ;il t lir ilniH-.-s. 

 As already staled. I lie men weai- siieli i;loves under (lie pnain ulien 

 sli.iotin.u ill Ihe winler. Wlieii ready to slioot, the hunter slij.s otl' the 

 7iiitten and liol.ls it between his le-s, wliih; the .iiloxe enaliles him to 

 coeU the rille and draw t h<' tri--.'r without touching' the cold metal with 

 his hare hands. Th.'ie are two pairs of gloves in the Mdleetion. No. 

 S!)S2!) 1<.I74] (lM.i;-.<W) iilirstrati'sa very eoiniiion style called a'(lrij;-iMlriii. 

 Thev are made nl lliiii reindeer skin, with tlie white flesli side out, and 



liimsy tiiis'i'rs and thumbs 



1(1 ])ie('e, 



s th.' thiiml.. The 



Is. Thi' outside ]iieee of the thumb 

 but is shorter on the rifiiit, 



the ed.ue seam bein-' between (I l,u('S of the 



Ka.'h lin-er is' a sin-le pieee .hiul.led len-thwise and 



an e.l-in.^of two narrow strips of clipped mountain sheep skin, bordered 

 With a narrow stri|) of wolverine fur with the reddened liesli side out. 

 These oloves were made for sale and are not well mated, one beiii-- S.J 

 iiielu's, with tinkers (all of the same ieii'^th) M inches lon.ii', while the 

 .itlier is S inclu's Ion- with lin.iiers of :\l inches. Xo. .-.(1747 [lliS] is a 



jiair of i;loves made in tin- sa way but "more elaborately ornamented. 



Tluav is a band ot deerskin but no frin-e round th.' wrist. The back 

 of the hand is cvered with l)rown deerskin, hair out, into whicli is in- 

 serted the s(piare ornamental pattern in which the li-ht stri])es are 

 wiiite deerskin and the dark pipiii.us the usual almost iiairless fawn- 

 skin. CloN'cs like this type are the most common and almost univer- 

 sally ha\c a frin-e round the wrist. They are also usually a little 

 h)n'ier wristed than the mittens. 



