MUKDOCH.) 



i;i;i 



1 -2 ") 



i:>kiln„, l.ul -loves 

 Irss wanu .■ov.Tiii- 



with tiii.ucrs. whicli. ;is is well kiidwii. arc :i 

 for the iiand rii;iii inirfciis, uw very rare. ': 

 Sound' ami in tiir Mac'l<rn/,ii' distrirt,-' and lia\c even been ol.svrvft 

 anion- th.' Arctic lli,uldandcr> of Smith S.mml, u ho. however, -enei 

 ally wear mithMis.^ l>i-. Simpson* mentions hotli deerskin and l.cai 

 skin mitfens as used at Point liarrow. hnt mak<'s no refcicmc |. 

 -h.ves. The natural inference fnan this is Ihat the fashi.m of ucaiin; 

 -loves has l.e.'U introduced since his time. It is ,|Hitc proliahlc t lia 



the introduction of tii-earms has fivored the -eiieial ado|ili f.-l,,\e> 



The followin- hypothesis may he su-,-ested as to the way the fasiiioi 

 reached Point Barrow: W.- may suppose timt tin' Malimini of N,,rl,, 

 Scmnd jiot the idea directly from the Kussians. They would ,arry tli 

 fashion to the NiMiatahnuun at Kotzehue Souml, who in their tur 

 would teach it to the Point P.airow traders at t he Col ville, and Il.es 

 would carry it on to the eastern natives. 



Jinrrlu-s (/m'/.//).— The usual lei; < o\ 

 ,mirs of kne,. Inceches, rather 

 loose, hut litt.'d lo tiie shape of 

 the le.-. They ale vvvy low ill 

 front, barely co\ erili- tlie]iubos, 



:xz « ' 



of the back. T 



the waisl. and ;: 



teiied below the knee, ov 



boots, by a drawslrin- There '/M 



is one pair in the collection, N< 



r,(;:r,U j!tl|, I'i- r,<t. They are l|J|: 



of sh.nt hairc.l bro\ 



skin, fr.nn tlie body 



iiial, worn with Ih __ 



The waist is hi-lier behind than 'tlii': 



in front, and ea.h le- issli.-htly 



-atheivd to a band just !..■ 



I(,w the kne... Pattern ise.. 



dia-ram. Pi-. 7(t): There are 



two pieces in ea.-h le-. the ill 



side and the outside. The 



spaces between Mie edjics r of the two Ic.ys is tilled by the -uss.-t, 



[■■ic. 6S).— Mali's hrccchcsofdicrskii 



I DM, Alaska, III. 



' I!vs.scl3, Saluralist, vul. 18, p. 1 

 « Op. cit., p. '2-12. 



