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woven into the woof at tolerably regular intervals. Each black strand 
starts under the first strand of the warp, making the outer and inner 
of the three short stitches on each side black. This produces a checkered 
pattern along the middle of the belt (see enlarged section, Fig. 83). 
The woof strands are driven home tightly and their ends are secured 
on each side by a double thread of cotton sewed into the corner of the 
leather loop. One thread runs along the out- 
side of the belt and the other along the inside, 
passing between the ends of the feathers about 
every ten feathers and making a turn round 
the outer thread, as in Fig. 84. The edges of pA peta ean He 
the belt are trimmed off even and bound with ends of feathers in belt. 
a narrow strip of deerskin with the flesh side out and painted red. 
The binding of the upper edge makes an irregular loose lining on the 
inside of the belt. Across the end of the belt is sewed on each side a 
narrow strip of sealskin, and the ends of the warp are gathered into 
a three-ply braid 16 inches long, which is used to fasten the belt by 
drawing it through the loop and knotting it. An ancient bone spear- 
head is attached to the belt as an amulet by a stout strap. 
No. 89543 [1420] is a similar belt worn in precisely the same way, 
but with the black feathers introduced in a different pattern. The 
weaving is done by hand with the help of some little tools, to be 
described under implements for making and working fiber. Belts of 
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Fic, 85.—Woman's belt of wolverine toes. 
this style appear to be peculiar to the Poimt Barrow region. Indeed, 
girdles of any kind are seldom worn over the jacket by the men in the 
eastern regions. 
The women never wear anything except a simple strip of skin or the 
wolvervine belt mentioned above. No. 89542 [1421], Fig. 85, is one of 
these. It is made of nine strips of dark brown skin from round the 
foot of the wolverine, sewed together end to end. Each strip, except 
the one at the end, has a claw at the lower corner (on some of the 
strips the bit of skin bearing the claws is pieced in) so that there are 
