114 THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 
greater part of the skin of a reindeer fawn, with the back in the 
middle and the sides and belly coming at the edges. The head of the 
Fig. 55.—Detail of trimming, skirt and shoulder of man’s frock, 
animal is made into the hood, which is continuous with the back, 
Each sleeve is in two pieces, front and back, of the same shape, which 
are sewed together along the upper edge, but separated below by the 
arm flap of the front, which 
is bent down and inserted 
like a gusset from the arm- 
pit nearly to the wrist. A 
band of deerskin an inch 
broad is sewed round the 
edge of the hood, flesh side 
out. The trimming consists, 
first, of a narrow strip of long- 
haired wolfskin (taken from 
the middle of the back) sewed 
to the outer side of the bind- 
ing of the hood, its ends sep- 
arated by the chin piece, so 
that the long hairs form a 
fringe around the face. Sim- 
ilar strips are sewed round 
sxach wrist with the fur in- 
ward. The binding round 
the skirt (Fig. 55a) is 24 
inches broad. The light- 
colored strips are clipped 
mountain sheep skin, the 
narrow pipings are of the 
dark brown skin of a very 
young fawn, the little tags 
on the second strip are of red 
worsted and the fringe is of 
wolverine fur, sewed on with the flesh side, which is colored red, prob- 
ably with ocher, outward. A band of similar materials, arranged a 
¥iG, 56.—Man wearing plain, heavy frock. 
