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the hair clipped from it, and used with the hair side outward; the 
band measures 9 by 3? inches. On the outside the border is occupied 
by three successive narrow bands of skin, the outer one of reindeer, 
the hair being clipped to about half an inch in length. This is suc- 
ceeded by a narrow band of skin from the neck of a duck, the feathers 
forming a narrow border, which is succeeded by a narrow band of skin 
from the hair seal with the short hairs remaining. Inside of these 
bordering strips of fur is a surface of tanned skin colored reddish 
brown. This is surrounded by a narrow strip of white, parchment like 
sealskin, having set in pairs at regular intervals along the two sides 
tufts of hair 34 inches long, dyed reddish brown. The rest of the sur- 
face is covered by narrow, alternating strips of white tanned parch- 
ment of sealskin divided by equal spaces of the red skin of the back- 
ground. Each of the white strips is held in place by heavy stitching 
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of sinew thread sewed over and binding in two or three long, white, 
reindeer hairs, which are laid along the strips, producing an alternat- 
ing black and white seam. Along each red strip are four parallel rows 
of stitches of the same kind, giving the surface of the armlet a longi- 
tudinally striped and dotted appearance. This armlet is held in place 
by leather thongs with the hair left on. A pair of these, fastened at 
one end of the armlet, is made of alternating pieces of mink, reindeer, 
and a smooth, dark, tanned skin. They are sewed with sinew and rein- 
deer hair, as described, in seams on the surface of the armlet. To the 
tips of these thongs are attached several thin strips of sealskin with 
the hair left on, serving as-a sort of tassel. Armlets of this kind have 
various styles-of ornamentation, some of them being fringed with strips 
of skin still bearing the hair, with their main surfaces of white, parch- 
ment-like sealskin, sometimes having little strings of beads as pendants 
