126 THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 
made of five pieces, which covers the pubes. The crotch is reinforced 
by a square patch of white deerskin sewed on the inside. The trim- 
ming consists of strips of edging. ‘The first strip (Fig. 71) is 15 inches 
wide, and runs along the front seam, inserted in the outside piece, to 
the knee-band, beginning 5 inches from the waist. The light strips 
are of clipped mountain sheepskin; 
Se the dark one of dark brown deerskin; 
the pipings of the thin fawn skin, and 
a e the tags of red worsted. The edges 
of the strip are fringed with narrow 
double strips of mountain sheepskin 
2 inches long, put on about 14 inches 
apart. A straight strip, 2 inches wide, 
is inserted obliquely across the outside 
piece from seam to seam. It is of the 
Fia. 70.—Pattern of man’s breeches. same materials, but differs slightly in 
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pattern. The knee-band is of the same materials and 24 inches deep. 
The length from waist to knee is 24 inches behind, 23 in front; the 
girth of the leg 24 inches round the thigh and 14 round the knee. 
These represent a common style of full-dress breeches, and are worn 
with a pair of trimmed boots held up by drawstrings 
They are always worn with the hair out and usually Sea 
over a pair of deerskin drawers. The ordinary { 
breeches are of heavier deerskin, made perfectly ois] = -|M 
plain, being usually worn alone, with the hair turned — /f | ‘ hh 
in. When a pair of under breeches is worn, however, foie bt el ioe 
the hair of the outer ones is turned out. Trimmed 
breeches are less common than trimmed frocks, as 
the plain breeches when new are often worn for full 
dress. The clean, white flesh side presents a very 
neat appearance. The skin of the rough seal is 4,,. Theanine 
sometimes, but rarely, used for summer breeches, — ofman’sbreeches. 
which are worn with the hair out. With this exception, breeches seem 
to be invariably made of deerskin. This garment is practically uni- 
versal among the Eskimo and varies very little in pattern. 
Pantaloons (kimin)—The women and children, and occasionally the 
men, wear pantaloons (stricly speaking), 1. e., tight-fitting trousers con- 
tinuous with the foot covering. Of the two pairs of pantaloons in the 
collection, No. 74042 [1792] (Fig. 72) will serve as the type. The shoes 
with sealskin moccasin soles and deerskin uppers are sewed at the 
ankles to a pair of tight-fitting deerskin trousers, reaching above the 
hips and higher behind than in front. Pattern (diagram, Fig. 73a): 
Each leg is composed of four long pieces (front 1, outside 2, back 3, 
and inside 4), five gussets (one on the thigh 5, and four on the calf, 
6, 6, 6, 6), which enlarges the garment to fit the swell of the ealf and 
thigh and the half-waistband (7). The two legs are put together by 
