i: I'OINT B.VKKOW ESKIMO. 



(Ill Hill rciiiciiilicr cverstH-iiij;- a bald woman, aud 

 aid iiifii at tlic twd villa},'es. Neither of these 



if ihc iiicii and li(i>s wear across the forehetul a 

 ass heads, sduicliincs sewed on a strip of deer- 

 ^11 a lillel is wiirii made id' the skin of the head 

 llic iKise ciiiiiiiii;- ill the iiii(hlle of the forehead. 

 Ii\ no iiieaiis coiiiiiKiii and seem to be highly 

 ■vcr (ilVered fur sale. :MacFarlaiie (MS.) speaks 

 \Miiii ai the .Viidersdii Ri\er, ■' f;ciierally made 

 lait (if the head skins of wolves, wolverines, and 

 however, a stiiii- of beads is made use of in- 

 of head-dress is the bad-e of a whaleman, and 

 aliiii;- (and, I belicNc. at the ceremonies in the 

 the whalin.U). This seems to be very highly 

 IS. ■•looked iiiioii with superstitions regard."^ 

 1 for sale and we had oidy two or three oppor- 

 It coiisisis of a broad fillet of mountain-sheep 

 Hint, jaspei. or crystal, rudely flaked into the 

 shape of a whale i ^ee iiiider ••Aiuiilets." where siiecinieus are described 

 anil liuureil). one in llie middle of the bidw and one over each ear. 



Sol f tiieni are also fringed with the incisor teeth of the mountain 



sliecp attached by means of a small hole drilled through the end of the 

 root, as on the daiuang cap (see under "Games and Pastimes"). The cap- 

 tain and liarpooner of a whaling crew which I saw starting out in the 

 spring of lS8li each wore one of these fillets. The harpooner's had 

 only (lie whale iicndants, but the captain's was also fringed with teeth. 

 This ornament closely rescmbh-s the fillet fringed with deer's teeth, 

 observed by ("apt. I'any at Iglulik,-' which "was understood to be 

 worn on the head b\ men, though we did not learn on what occasions." 

 Eaniiu/K (;««/(*/»).— Ncaily all the women and girls jierforate the 

 lobes of the ears and wear earrings. The commonest jiattern is a little 

 hook of ivory to which arc attached pendants, short strings of beads, 

 etc. Large, oblong, dark-blue beads and bugles are specially desired 

 lor this |)uriK)se. ('Iiea|i brass or " brumnuigem " earrings are some- 

 times worn nowada.N s. The fashion in earrings seems to hav'e changed 

 .somewiiat since Dr. Simpson's time, as I do not remember ever having 

 seen the long strings of liead.s hanging across the breast or looped up 

 iH'iiind as he describes ihem.' At present, one earring is much more 

 tre(pienfly worn than a pair. There are in the collection two pairs of 

 tiic ivory liooks for earrings, which, though made for sale, are of the 

 ordinary pattern. Of these No. S'.I.JS? [l.UOj (Fig. !•()) will .serve as 

 the tyi.e. They are of coarse, white walrus ivory. ' 



1 Broilbock. •• Naeli Osten " (p. 23). Speaking of ■■ ein 

 pa llmi'ii als eini! Art von Zatiberscbutzmittel, denn 



