132 THE 
POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 
held up round the ankles by two tie-strings of sealthong, sewed in be- 
tween the sole and the band, one on each side just under the middle 
of the ankle. They are long enough to cross above the heel, pass once or 
\ 
Fig, 77.—\Man's dress boot of deer- 
skin. 
twice round the ankle, which fits more loosely 
than the rest of the boot,and tie in front. On 
each heel is a large round patch of sealskin 
with the hair on and pointing toward the toe 
(to prevent slippmg). These patches are 
varefully ‘‘blind-stitched” on so that the 
stitches do not show on the outside. 
Boots of this style are the common every- 
day wear of the men, sometimes made wholly 
of dark deerskin and sometimes variegated. 
They are often made of a pattern like that of 
the lower part of the women’s pantaloons; 
that is, with the uppers separate from the leg 
pieces, which are brown, with four white gus- 
sets on the calf. Fig. 77, No. 56759 [91], is 
one of a pair of full-dress boots of a slightly 
different pattern. The leg pieces are the 
same in number as in No. 56750, and put to- 
gether in the same way, but 2 and 3 are of a 
different shape.' They are made of deer- 
leg skins, each piece with a lighter streak 
down the middle. The soles are of white 
sealskin, finely crimped, with the edge com- 
ing to a point at the toe, and the five ornamental bands are of seal- 
skin, alternately black and white. <A 
strip of edging three-fourths of an inch 
wide is inserted in the seam between 
2 and 3 on each side. The light stripes 
are mimountain-sheep skin and the dark 
ones the usual young fawnskin, tagged 
with red worsted. The leg reaches to g 
just below the knee, and is hemmed 
over on the inside, to hold the draw- 
string, which comes out behind.’ There 
are strings at the ankles as before. 
Fig. 79, No. 89834 [770], is one of a 
pair of almost precisely the same pat- 
tern as the last, but made of mountain- 
sheep skin. The soles are more deeply 
turned up all round and have three 
ornamental bands of sealskin around — Fi. 78.—Pattern of man’s dress boot of 
the edge, black, white,and black. Edg- 
deerskin. 
ing is inserted into both the seams on each side. It is of strips of moun- 
1 See diagram, Fig. 78. 
