MURDOCH. ] MAN’S FROCK. 115 
little differently (Fig. 55b) and 14 inches broad, is inserted into the 
body at each shoulder seam, so that the fringe makes a sort of epaulet. 
This jacket is 24-5 inches long from the chin to the bottom of the skirt, 
21 inches wide across the shoulders, and 24:5 inches wide at the bottom. 
Apart from the trimming this is a very simple pattern. There are 
no seams except those absolutely necessary for producing the shape, 
and the best part of each skin is brought where it will show most, 
while the poorer portions are out of sight under the arms. 
The chief variation in deerskin frocks is in the trimming. All have 
the hood fitted to the head and throat, with cheek and throat pieces, 
and these are invariably white or light colored, even when the frock is 
made of white Siberian deer skin. When possible the head of the deer 
Fic. 57.—Man's frock of mountain sheepskin, front and back. 
is always used for the back of the hood, as Capt. Parry observed to be 
the custom at Iglulik.! A plain frock is sometimes used for rough 
work, hunting, ete. This has no fringe or trimming round the hood, 
skirt, or wrists, the first being smoothly hemmed or bound with deer- 
skin and the last two left raw-edged. Fig. 56 shows such a jacket, 
which is often made of very heavy winter deerskin. Most frocks, how- 
ever, have the border to the hood either of wolf or wolverine skin, in 
the latter case especially having the end of the strips hanging down 
like tassels under the chin. The long hairs give a certain amount of 
protection to the face when walking in the wind.? Instead of a fringe 
the hood sometimes has three tufts of fur, one on each side and one 
above. 
'Second Voy., p. 537. ?Compare Dall, Alaska, p. 22. 
