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Another kind of fillet is that worn by women during the dances. 
Two of these were seen at a festival on the lower Yukon, one of which 
was made from the skin of the white fox with the fur left on, and was 
formed by a band of skin which extended around the head, with two 
hanging strips attached over each temple and hanging below the chin 
on each side. Another was made from skins of the large ermine of 
that region. First was formed a band with the hair on and about an 
inch and a half broad, to pass around the head. Attached to this by 
Fic. 147—Woman with ermine fillet and eagle-feather wands. 
their heads, and hanging down over each side of the face, were two 
complete ermine skins. The women who wore these also carried eagle- 
feather wands in their hands during the dances. In the accompany- 
ing illustration (figure 147), from a photograph, the ermine-skin fillet 
described is shown. 
Ornamental armlets of various kinds are used by the men in these 
dances. Figure 1, plate cv1, from Ikogmut, on the lower Yukon, is a 
good example of these. It is a broad band of reindeer skin with 
