NELSON] FOOT-WEAR—CLOTHING BAGS 43 
SOCKS AND BOOT-PADS 
In addition to the boots described, socks made of deerskin or sealskin 
with the hair not removed, and reaching a little above the ankles, com- 
monly are worn in winter. For wear at all seasons socks are made of 
woven grass, the patterns of weaving varying to a certain extent and 
sometimes different colored grasses being used to produce ornamental 
patterns, as shown in the sole of the example from the lower Kusko- 
kwim, illustrated in plate xx1, 2. 
Plate xx1, 1, shows a typical grass sock from Razbinsky, on the 
lower Yukon, and plate xx1, 5, also represents a common style of grass 
sock from that district. The bot- 
toms of boots of all kinds are 
usually stuffed with a grass pad : 
made by taking wisps of long WE hl Sey 
grass stalks and binding them i : be 
over one another to form a long 
cushion for the bottom of the foot. 
This gives a soft footing and ab- 
sorbs the moisture that penetrates 
the sole, so that it requires a long 
time for water to reach the foot. 
At night the socks and the grass 
pads are removed and hung to dry 
either over the lamp in the house 
or in a convenient place intheroom, 
so as to be ready for use on the fol- 
lowing morning. 
CLOTHING BAGS 
Along the lower Yukon and 
thence to the Kuskokwim large 
numbers of bags are made for vari- 
ous purposes from the skins of 
salmon. Some are used for stor- 
ing clothes, and still smaller ones for various small objects, such as 
trinkets and small odds and ends of different kinds. Others are made 
very large, frequently with a capacity of a bushel or two, and are used 
for tlie storage of dry fish, which is kept in them in the storehouses 
until needed. 
Figure 7 (2) illustrates a salmon-skin bag for storing clothing. This 
example, from Tikchik lake, is ornamented with bands of russet- 
colored fishskin and white, parchment-like skin from the throats of 
seals, and is neatly sewed with sinew thread. The upper border of the 
bag is hemmed, and a series of rawhide loops are sewed at intervals 
around the top, through which is run a cord of the same material for 
Fic. 7—Fish-skin clothing bags (;5). 
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