30 G. Holm. 



The foot gear, which generally reaches up over the knees, con- 

 sists of the innner boot or stocking with the hair inside, and the 

 outer boot, which as a general rule is made of 'waterproof skin'^), 

 though in winter time hairy boots with the hair out are often 

 worn. In summer, however, they sometimes wear half-boots, of 

 w^hich only the 'inners' reach up to the knees, while the boots them- 

 selves reach half-way up the legs and are richly embroidered (fig. 299). 



The soles of the upper boots are made of hard tanned bearded- 

 seal skin, and are w^ell bent over the foot, reaching to the top of it 

 (fig. 294). 



In winter they wear outside the anorak a hooded outer frock, 

 with the hair out and with a thick bear-skin border both along 

 the bottom and about the face (figs. 14 and 294). The fur reaches 

 a good way down over the hips, and at the back ends in a flap. 

 Just above this flap is seen in the skin the seal's tail, which has first 

 been split and then sewn in. The upper frock is sometimes made 

 of bear skin, and can be held round the face and wrists by means 

 of strings in loops of skin sewed along the borders (fig. 300). In 

 winter they often wear bear skin breeches (fig. 26); and, when 

 hunting on the ice, they wear over-shoes of bear skin (fig. 300), and 

 sealskin mittens with one thumb and with the hair outward 

 (fig. 312). The left mitten is sometimes made of bear-skin (fig. 300). 



In the kaiak they wear in winter, or when the sea is rough, 

 outside the anorak the above-mentioned gut frock, and over it again 

 a hooded kaiak-jacket of 'waterproof skin', wiiich is often prettily 

 embroidered and decorated with artistically cut buttons and beads 

 (fig. 296). At the bottom of the jacket there are draw-strings in a 

 loop along the border, just as for the face and wrists. The jacket 

 is tied round the face and on the hands, and when the man sits 

 in the kaiak, the bottom of the garment is extended over the hoop 

 of the man-hole of the kaiak, and fastened around it. A brace 

 which passes through a ring on the shoulders is attached to the 

 back of the jacket. When the man sits in the kaiak, the brace is 

 tightened by means of a ring on the front side of the jacket, thus 

 keeping the lower part of it free from folds, where water w^uld 

 otherwise be apt to collect. Behind the hood are two little cords, 

 with beads strung on them, wiiich when tightened keep the edge of 

 the hood tight round the face. 



The gut frock is frequently used not only in the kaiak, but also 

 on land, especially in damp weather. These frocks are either clear 



') By 'waterproof skin' is understood an unhaired skin on wliicii the Ijlack 

 epidermis is allowed to I'emain on. 



