Mi-|"""n I UAIR-DRESSINC. 1 \\ 



totisuic i[{U' piiiteur iios 'Pcliiulir a ikpui l>uf, ni'imt-ilrs dil, dc pcriucnic 

 au soloil (U' it'chautt'iT Iciir I'cvvcaii ci ilc tiaiisniftrif pai' re inovi-u 

 sabieiifaisaiitf chalcui- a Iciir ((inn- pom- Ics fairc vivrc."' Soriii> ol' the 

 Xuiiatarmiiim and one man froiii Ivilauwitaiwifi that we saw \\<iii' llicii- 



front liair long, parted in the niiddh-. and ifincd by a naiiow liUci 



ot h-ather round tlic hvow. The hair on the tonsnrc is not always 

 kept clipped very elo.sc, but .sometimes aiiowid to groM as anuii as an 

 iiu'h long, which probably led Hooper to l)i'hc\c that tlic tonsure was 

 uot common at Point liairow.- It is uni\irsal at tlic jnfsciit day, as 



it was in Br. 8inipson's time' The ucstcrn Ivski gcnnally la-oji 



or shave th<^ crown of the iicad. while liiose of the cast aMow their iiair 

 togrow])retty long. sometimes clipping it on tiie forehead. 'I'lic pi-actice 

 of clipping the crown apjMMrs t.. be gencial in the MackiMizie district,' 

 ami was occasionally observed at Iglulik l.y ('apt. TariN iL'd \'oy., li. 4!i:?). 

 The natives of St. Lawience Island and the Siberian coast carry tins 

 custom to an extreme, diiniing the whole ladwn. so as to leave only a, 

 fringe round the iicad.' The w.mien dress th.'ii 

 hair in the fashi ■> n to all the Kskinio ex- 

 cept th<' (Ircenlanders and the i>coplc alx.ut the 

 Mackenzie ami .Vnders,m Rivers, where the wonuMi ^%^ .l:a|!i|j|fif 



bring the hair up fr hehind into a sort of high / ^^^^wW p 



top-kiiot, with the addition in the latter district of ^:;-.;.: , _%|^ ^ 

 large bows or pigtails on the sidcs.'^ The hair is ^^"^*':"^ *"-' - '■ 

 parted in the middle from the forehead to IIh' nape 

 of the neck, and gathered into a einli on each si.lc ' "' «' M;,.,^, ,,„ ii„„i „r 

 behind thecal-. The cluliis cil h.-r simply hraidcd "-""^""i— 



or will t further dressing twisted ami lengthened out with stri])s of 



leather, and w .1 spirally for its whole length with a long string of 



small beads of various .-olors. a large tlaf brass button being stuck into 

 the hair above each .dub. The wife ol' the cajitain of a whaling umiak 

 wears a strip of wolfskin in |.lac«' of the string of beads when the boat 

 is '-in c(»mniission" (as ('apt. Ilcrendecn observed). 



Some „\' the little girls wear tlieii- hair cut short behind. The hair is 

 not arratiged every day. ISotli sexes ate rather tid.\ about arranging 

 their hair, but there is much dilb'icncc in this between imlividuals. 

 The marrow of the reindeer is s<inietinies used Ibr ixiinatum. Kaldiiess 



'■Sit Iv.iM.', Jil Ciiriiirll i:\p \I.ii[\ iUii~ir.iT - |..i^siiij Sniilli Si.iiii,!; Egeilc p. ri'J, ami Crantz, 



landi' FrobiaUer, in Huki.iM. \,.x.,^,.. , tr ii:.,<:ii ,, iiL'7, i;..irn, r.in.l C;,iiv, M Voy., p. 494, and 



Lyon, Journal, p. 2:!0, iKlnlik. IMil..t, MMi,..-r:,i.ln. . l, , ,, \mn \l.„k..,/.r.li,(ri.l; noopcr. Tents, 



etc., pp. 257, Icy Reef, an.l :a7. Nriitlaiiil 1.1 , Fiankliii. -'.1 Ks|. |. Il'i. Cmt Siliii.e; Dall, Alaska. 



KrausB lirm., (ie.if^rapliiM.li.- I!latl,-i. v..l. r.. pi. 1, p. :<. 



