36 THE ESKIMO ABOUT BERING STRAIT (ETH. ANN. 18 
back of the garment. Between the white skin on the sides and the 
brown deerskin forming the back or central part of the hood, extends 
a series of five narrow strips of white deerskin with the hair shaved 
close and having welted into the seams narrow strips of black parch- 
ment-like skin. Two of these welted seams bordering the central one 
have little tufts of red wool set along at intervals of about one-fourth 
of an inch. Across the shoulders from front to back extend a similar 
series of strips of white deerskin with black welted seams, and the 
lower border of the garment is ornamented with a broader band of the 
same handsome pattern. From the top and back of the shoulders, as 
well as on the middle of the back, are attached tassel-like strips of 
wolverine skin eight to ten inches in length. 
The frocks of the women of the lower Kuskokwim have the sides cut 
up to a lesser degree than those to the north, and are provided with a 
hood bordered with wolf, wolverine, or other skin with the fur on. Set 
across the body before and behind are bands of white-hair deerskin, 
having narrow welted strips of dark skin in the seams. The sleeves 
and lower edge of the garment are bordered with a band of white-hair 
reindeer skin fringed with wolverine skin. In addition, the women’s 
frocks of this district have strung along the patterns of white deer- 
skin in front and back little strings of beads an inch or two in length. 
The trousers worn by the women from the lower Kuskokwim to Point 
Barrow are made usually of skin taken from the legs of reindeer, and 
commonly by sewing in alternating strips of different colors to produce 
ornamental patterns. The specimen shown in plate xvi11, from the 
head of Norton sound, is a woman’s handsomely made frock. The 
body of the garment is of marmot skins, while skins from the crowns 
of the same animal are pieced together on the crown of the hood. 
The skirts and ornamental pieces are of white-hair reindeer skin, and 
the trimming is of wolf and wolverine fur. 
The example from Mission, illustrated in plate Xrx, is made of salmon 
skins tanned and worked with a scraper until they have become pliable. 
Most of the seams are ornamented with bands of brownish dyed fish- 
skin, on the surface of which are sewed narrow strips of white parch- 
ment-like skin from the throats of seals. On each shoulder are inserted 
two gore-like pieces of fish-skin dyed brown and having ornamental 
strips of white sewed along them and following their outline. 
WATERPROOF GARMENTS 
In addition to the upper garments already described the Eskimo 
make waterproof frocks from the intestines of seals. The intestines 
are dried and slit open, and the long, ribbon-like strips thus formed 
are then sewed together horizontally to form a frock similar in shape 
to those of fur worn by the men, as already described. About the 
sleeves a braided sinew cord is inclosed in a turned-down border to 
form a drawstring for fastening the garment securely about the wrist, 
in order that the water may not enter. In addition the border of the 
