570 W. Thalbitzer 



of birds as sewing-needles (at the time when their knives were of stone). As 

 mentioned Ъу Parrj^^) for the Central Eskimo, the Greenlanders have prob- 

 ably used "for want of needles often a strip of whalebone as a substitute" 

 (note, these are needles used for tatooing of the skin). 



Glahn points out that "the southern women" (viz. on Greenland's west 

 coast) with regard to dexterity in sewing excel those from the northern 

 parts, just as the men in the southern parts of West Greenland are cleverer 

 at working in wood than those from the northern regions. In both respects 

 the skill of the Ammassalikers ma}' undoubtedl}' be compared with that of 

 the southern West Greenlanders. 



Outdoor dress. In Greenland there is no great difference in 

 the style and cut of the clothes in the different regions. Everywliere 

 we find the same shirl-like frock, consisting of an inner and an 

 outer part; it is apparently almost the same for men and women, 

 only that the latter are provided with a larger hood than the former 

 and the lower border^) ends in somewhat larger flaps in front and 

 at the back. The men's frocks (fig. 294) are generally cut square 

 below but are sometimes pointed in front; near Smith Sound the 

 men's anoraks have always small flaps in front and at the back^). 

 Both here and at Ammassalik the boys' anoraks have the same 

 pointed shape or diminutive flap (a rudiment of an earlier mode in 

 the men's coats?). Regarding the West Greenlanders Hans Egede 

 states that "many (of the men's coats) have a flap in front and at 

 the back."^) — A further difference between the frocks of men and 

 women consists in the shape of the shoulder part, which is wide 

 and loose in the latter (figs. 304— 309) ^j. 



The most conspicuous difference between men's and women's 

 clothing in Greenland lies in the shape of the trousers and boots"). 

 The men's outer breeches reach down to the knees or still further; 

 the outer breeches of the women are very short so that a part of 

 the thighs is always naked. On the other hand, the women's boots 



1) Parry (1824) p. 498. 



■-) What Ьз'оп states about the clothing of the women of the Central Eskimo, that 

 "in shape almost every part is different from tlie male dress," undoubtedl}' 

 also applies to all other Eskimo. The cut is different and also the seams run 

 differently (Lyon 1824, p. 315). 



3) Steensby (1910 figs. 74—90; Kroeber (1899) p. 293; Mylius-Erichsen (1906) pp. 184 

 and 317. 



*) Egede, Perlustration (1741) p. 72. Cf. plate on p. 93 (the ball-players). 



5) Egede (1741) p. 73; Cranz (1770) pp. 183 — 184. Cf Lyon (1824) p. 315 regarding 

 the people of Winter Island and Iglulik: "The shoulder of the women's coat 

 has a wide bag-like space, for which we луеге long unable to account; but it 

 was at length ascertained to be for the purpose of facilitating the removal of 

 the child from the hood round to the breast without taking it out of the 

 jacket." 



•"') Kroeber (1899) p. 291 ; Glahn (1771) p. 190 notes the difference that the women's 

 coats are shorter and narrower round the hips than the mens. 



