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THE HUDSON BAY ESKIMO. 



bacco and a few other necessary articles are carried in a bag known as 

 "lire bag." These are made of cloth and trimmed with beads, and are 

 often (|uitc tastefully ornamented. 



Tlie detailed figures which 1 have ])resented sliow much better than 

 any des(ri])tion the designs used in ornamenting their clothing. Some 



Fig. 101. — Scalskiu hcudbaml. Neiu'iiut. 



of the i»atterns are rude copies of the designs found upon cheap hand- 

 kerchiefs, scarfs, and other printed fabrics. 



1 have already spoken of the headbands worked for the men by their 



wives and swi^ethearts. Such a 

 headband, made of sealskin pro- 

 cured from the Eskimo, is shown 

 in Fig. 1(1] (No. 3440). The 

 headband is used to supjiort the 

 weight of a load carried on the 

 back, relic^ving the strain on the 

 shoulders and making it easier 

 to breathe. The band passes 

 over the forehead to the back, 

 where it is attached to the load. 

 Various forms of these head- 

 bands or portage straps are 

 made. Sometimes a piece of 

 birch bark is placed under the 

 strap where it touches the fore- 

 head. It is said that the bark 

 does not become wet from the 

 moisture induced by the se- 

 vere exertion and thus burn the 

 head. 



Flu. 10:;.— Skin scraper 

 (front). Nfuoiiol. 



Via. 103.— Skin scraper 

 (back). Neneiiot. 



I'llKPAKATION OF TIIK SKINS KOU CLOTHING. 



Having now given a general description of the clothing of tlie Nene- 



