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iiiitivcsof Siiiilli Sdiiiid. I1m)Ii;;1i tin- ciistoiii is tiilliiig' into disuse miuoiij;- 

 till- Kskiiiio wiio have Tuiicii intcrciimsc with tiio whites.' 



Tlie siiii])h- pattern of straij;iit. slightly diveising lines on the ehiii 

 seems to prevail from tiie Mackenzie distiiet to Kadiak, and similar 

 i-hin lines appear always to form part of the more eht- 

 horate i)atterns, sometimes extending to the arms and 



Kski and tliose.if Siheiia. St. i.awrenee Island, ami 



llie Diomedes. 



wi'hor!iiniir7i"ur.' ''"is'- •^•'^' <•""" ■' ^^l^''"'!' made on the spot l.y the writer, 

 n,':;.' ' ' " ' sliows tlic I'oiiil Harrow i)attern. 



hiiiitini/.—Oii great oeeasions, stu-li as dances, etc.. or when going 

 whaling, the face is marked with a broad stri'ak ot black lead, itiit on 

 with the finger, and usually lunning obli(piely a<adss the nose or one 

 eheek.^ Cliildren. wIi.mi ilresseil up in new clothes, :iie also freqiieutly 

 marked in this way. This may be .-oniiiarcd with the aiu'ient en.stom 

 among the |)eople of Kadiak of |.ainting their fac<-s -before festivities 

 or games and before any important undertaking, siu-h as the crossing 



Mrtli,„h,/>i;,iriii;ill,rhah:—' 

 down straight o\ei- tin- forehea 

 hanging in rather long locks oi 

 is always a small circular tonsr 

 is generally cli|)|)cd down to tli 

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(1 boys wear their hair combed 

 )ir s(pnir<' across in froTit, but 

 so as to cover the ears. There 

 I'own of the head, and a strip 

 the neck. (See Fig. SO, from 

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