sill!. 



\T HAKKdW E.SKIMO. 



(I lie niitiir:il IVdiii their size and nhA])< 



whetlier in the iiiKhile iil llie \i\> or ;il .me side, 



X,.s. ,S'.»;}0.1 |lTi;i|. •^'•'THi I H'lL'l. niMJ SKTIT |l(i;il | ( Fi- fl(i) are very old 



lalMvts, which are iiiicMvsl in-' IV tiieir reseiiil.hiiiee to the aucieut 



Ah-ntiaii single lal.rels IouihI by l>all in the cave on Aiiiakuak Maud.' 

 Nil. s(t;!()4 [171-">! i^:lllellilllil■lll |.lii.ii- orbitnaiiiioiis coal, with a projectliig- 

 liaii"e round tlie liasi'. which is sii.ulitly concave to lit the curve of the 

 jaw. This lahrel is \cry ohi and was said to ha\-e been f(umd in one of 

 "the ruined houses in I'li^iavwih. Tlie other two labrets are of walrus 

 ivory and of .similar slKipe. but liav.' the tian.ize only at the ends of the 

 base. All of these three are lari^v. Ilu' lar-est b<'in- 2-2 inches wide and 



0-7 thi<'k. and tlu' suiallest l-.'i by (••.">. .so that they re(|uired a much larger 

 incision in the h|< llnni is at iiicsent made. In connection witli what 

 ha.s been said ofllu^ an<'ient habit of wearin.t;- labrets in tlie middle of the 

 lil),it is interest iiiu l<. note that Xoidenskiiild saw men at Port Clarence 

 who liad, besides the ordimuy labret holes, "a, similar lude forward in 

 the lip.''^ The \arious (lortraits ol' natives ])revionsly inserted show the 

 jiresent manner of wearing- the labrets at I'oint Bari'ow. 



.Most oftliewonie 

 l.oncl 



lear necklaces made of strings of beads, 

 together with much taste. The tobacco 



itti 



lti-(t(il<tx. — The women all wear bracelets, which arc sometimes strings 



ot beads, but more cot mly circles of iron, brass, or copper wire, of 



which several aie often worn on the same wi'ist, after the fashion of 

 baugh's. The men also s el inies wear bracelets. These consist of cir- 



iiii'ii. 



the plate oppoaite. 



