TURNER.] 



CLOTHING. 



287 



The winter eoat (Fijis. 05, 9(;) worn by tlie males is of different 

 pattern from that worn in summer, and is made of skins witli tlie hair 

 inside. 



Two skins, one of which forms the back of the coat the otlier the 

 front, are sewed by side seams running from the armpit to the bottom 

 of the skirt. On the slioulder a seam runs to the neck on each side, 

 the back skin extending higli enougii to form tlie neck while the other 

 skin reaches to the neck in front. Here it is slightly cut out or slit for 

 a distance of several inches to allow tlie insertion of the head through 

 the neck hole. 



Sometimes a V- 

 shaped piece is in- 

 serted into the slit at 

 the front of the neck. 

 To widen the skirts a 

 similar sliaped jiiece 

 is let into the middle 

 of the back skin; or 

 it may be put between 

 the side seams for the 

 same purpose. The 

 bottom of the skirt is 

 decorated. (Fig. 97.) 



At the back of the 

 neck a piece about 8 

 inches square is at- 

 tached to tlie garment. 

 This sometimes serves 

 as a collar, and some- 

 times it gives addi- 

 tional protection by a 

 double thickness to 

 the shoulders, very 

 often tlie first part to 

 feel the effect of the 

 piercing winds. 



A few of tlie coats for winter have a hood attaclied to them (Fig. 98, 

 99) sewed on tlie back of the neck, which when drawn over tlie head 

 serves at once as cap and protection. 



The collar and hood are invariably made from the skins on the sides 

 of the head of the deer. If two or more liead skins are required they 

 are sewed into the form of the deer's head. The collar is ornamented 

 with fringes cut from the edges of the skin. Sometimes tlie interscap- 

 ular protection is cut into three or four points, each one of which is the 

 cheek skin of a deer, and sewed only a portion of the length, the re- 

 mainder being left free and terminating with a series of long strands or 

 fringes. The sleeves of these garments have nothing jieculiar about them. 



Fio.ort. — Man's winter coat (front). 



