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Till', I'OINT HARROW ESKIMO. 



I outsKli IS punted all over with red ocher. The 

 111 (UK piuc l)ut the back is irregularly pieced aud 

 iiiiiti (1 1>\ 1 tliK I tuft of brown aud white wolverine 

 1 uu SI \\(d into tin apex. To the middle of one .side 

 d 1 11 mow sill], of deerskin with the hair clipped 

 ( iion.,h to ^o uii(l( r the weai'er's chin and be knotted 

 111! ( (l.,t ot tht other .side of the cap. On the front 

 ,\ ot thut\ fa\( MKi.sor teeth of the mountain sheep 

 _ thunuh I liolt drilled through the root of each. 

 _ii1ii1n ,iiduit(d liaviug the largest teeth in the 



tHu.l i-m iil\ 



^<U(d Itlss 

 llll lb(Ulf < IIH 



It tht (d„( is 



tlos«,\\llli li is 



into X slit ( lo^i 



(dge IS s< \M il 



b\ athi. id in 

 Th( snu- I 



nuddh ind tlit smdltst on the tnds Above this is a narrow strip of 

 blown deerskin running two-thirds 

 lound the cap and sewed on flesh side 

 out so that tlie hair iirojects as a fringe 

 below Above t h i s ; i n ■ 1 1 1 ree ornamental 

 bands ibout 2 inches ajjurt running two- 

 thuds round the cap, each fringed on 

 the lower edge with .sheep teeth strung 

 IS ou the edge of the cap. The lower 

 lo-w (ontaiiis 54 teeth, the middle 29, 

 iiid the upper 31. The lowest band is 

 111 ide of 2 striijs of mountain sheepskin 

 w ith I narrow strip of black sealskin be- 

 tween them, and a narrow strip of brown 

 deerskin with the hair out; the next is 

 I Id 1(1 -^\ In link of coarse gray deerskin with the hair 



out 111(1 thi n]i]i(iiuost ot blown deerskin with the flesh side out 



11h ( ip IS old iiid diit\ lud his been long in use, 



I In ( ustom ot wt.unij, this style of cap appears to be iieciiliar to 



the northwestern Eskimo, as I find no mention for it elsewhere. It is 



perhaps derived indirectly from the northern Indians, some of whom 



ar(! represented as wearing a similar headdress. 



Ill certain parts of the same ceremony as witnessed by Lieut. Ray 



the dancers also wore rattle mittens, which were shaken in time to the 



iiiusic. A pair of these were oftered for sale once, but Lieut. Ray did 



not ciuisidcr tliciii sntliiicntly of pure I'^skiino niaiiufactiire to be worth 



the priic asked for them. They were niadeof seal.skin and covered all 



o\ci tlie hack with einpty Winchester cartridge shells loosely attached 

 1(,\ ;i siriiii; tlnoii-li a hole in the bottom, so as to .strike against each 

 other wlieii the mitten was shaken. The live men who wore these mit- 

 tens wore on their heads the stuffed skins of various animals, the wolf, 

 bear, fox, lynx, and dog, which they were supposed to represent. These 

 articles were ue\cr ottered tor sale, as they were probably too highly 



w liieh we were told were worn in 

 1' of our party ever witnessed any 



