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Fig. 51-1: represents a number of buckles serving to carry needle- 

 cases or similar implements at the girdle, to which the eye is tied, 

 the button being fastened to the implement. Head ornaments are 

 in frequent use and are sometimes beautifully finished. . 



Fig. 51.'). Maimer of tattooing face and wearing hair. 



Tlie women are in the habit of adorning their faces by tattooing. It 

 is done, when they are about twelve years of age, by passing needle 

 and thread covered with soot under the skin, or by jjuncture, the 

 points of the tattooing instruments licini;- rubbed witii the same suli- 

 stance in both cases, which is a mixture df tin' juice of A'//r(/.vand soot. 

 or with gunpowder, by which process tiiey obtain a Iihie color. The 

 face, arms, hands, thighs, and breasts are the parts of the body which 

 are generally tattooed. The patterns will be seen in Figs. 515 and 510. 



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SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS LIFE. 

 DOMESTIC OCCUPATIONS AND AMUSEMENTS. 



It is winter and the natives are established in their warm snow 

 houses. At this time of the year it is necessary to make use of the 

 shoi-t daylight and twilight for hunting. Long before the day Ije- 

 ginstodawn the Eskimo prepares for hunting. He rouses his liouse- 

 mates; his wife supplies the lamp with a new wick and fresh blub- 



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