NO.    1  ARCHEOLOGY    OF    ST.    LAWRENCE    ISLAND — COLLINS  177 
Clothing  Ornaments,  Etc. 
We  know  very  little  as  to  the  kind  of  clothing  worn  by  the  Old 
Bering  Sea  Eskimos,  though  there  is  no  reason  to  believe  that  it  dif- 
fered essentially  from  that  of  the  modern  Eskimos.  The  gut  parka 
was  used,  for  several  large  fragments  were  found  at  Miyowagh.  The 
heavier  garments  were  made  of  seal  and  bird  skins,  to  judge  from 
fragmentary  pieces  found  in  association  with  the  burial  back  of  house 
no.  3  at  Miyowagh. 
Ornaments  were  surprisingly  rare.  In  addition  to  the  few  previ- 
ously described,  they  are  represented  only  by  an  occasional  button, 
pendant,  or  brow  band. 
Buttons. — Three  buttons  are  shown  in  plate  58,  figures  3-5.  Figure 
3  (cut  24,  depth  64  in.),  is  an  oval  button  of  bone,  undecorated ;  on 
the  under  side,  which  is  shown,  the  center  is  raised  and  slotted ;  the 
front  side  is  convex,  rising  to  a  pointed  center.  Figure  4  (cut  19,  30 
in.),  is  half  of  a  larger  button,  of  ivory;  it  is  also  slotted  on  the  base. 
Figure  5  (cut  24,  25  in.),  is  a  piece  of  a  smaller  ivory  button,  oval 
in  shape,  flat  on  the  under  side,  with  the  upper  side  convex  and  rising 
to  something  of  a  peak  at  center ;  around  the  edge  are  three  incised 
lines,  the  inner  one  spurred ;  encircling  the  raised  center  is  another 
spurred  line,  with  four  equidistant  hatchured  triangles  pointing  in- 
ward ;  the  base  is  slotted  in  the  same  manner  as  figure  4. 
Bi'ozv  bands. — Plate  58,  figures  6-9  and  12,  are  probably  to  be  in- 
terpreted as  brow  bands ;  all  are  of  ivory.  The  smallest,  figure  9  (cut 
2y,  5'2  in.)  is  5.3  cm  long;  the  largest,  figure  7  (cut  7,  75  in.)  9.5 
cm.  Figure  12  is  the  only  one  that  is  decorated ;  it  comes  from  cut  3, 
depth  60  inches.  The  design  consists  of  a  continuous  wavy  line  made 
by  opposed  spurs  thickened  into  triangles ;  beneath  the  base  line  on 
which  the  lower  row  of  triangles  rests,  is  another  line  which  curves 
upward  at  the  ends  and  forms  two  crude,  irregular  circles.  The  ob- 
ject appears  to  have  been  broken,  probably  at  about  the  center,  and 
the  remaining  half  used  again  ;  there  are  two  circular  holes,  remarkable 
for  their  smallness,  at  either  end,  the  smallest  of  them  being  about 
half  a  millimeter  in  diameter.  Plate  58,  figures  6  and  8,  come  from 
cut  18,  depth  81  inches,  and  cut  23,  72  inches.  Eleven  additional  brow 
bands  or  fragments  were  found,  as  follows:  Cut  i,  12  inches,  18 
inches;  cut  2,  12  inches;  cut  4,  8  inches;  cut  17,  20  inches  (2)  ;  cut 
20,  12  inches;  cut  23,  '/2  inches;  cut  26,  55  inches;  cut  27,  38  inches, 
42  inches  (pi.  15,  fig.  11).  A  single  example  was  found  at  the  Hillside 
site,  the  broken  specimen  shown  on  plate  30,  figure  26,  found  in  the 
third  level  of  the  midden. 
