f;thnographical collections from East Greenland. 



587 



At Ammassalik the use of boot-laces for tightening the boot 

 round the foot was often observed, especially in the case of men's 

 boots^). I do not know whether this custom originates from South 



Fig. 312. A pair of sealskin mittens. (Holm coll.). 'I5. 



Greenland or is of older date there. The latter is the more prob- 

 able as boot-laces are well-known Eskimo articles used in remote 

 regions (Alaska)^). 



HEAD DRESS AND TOILET. 



Head-gear. — Children's jackets without attached hoods are 

 mentioned among the Smith Sound Eskimo, whose small children 

 have on a loose hood^), otherwise the frocks of the children and 

 adults are made with the obligatory hood. But in summer this is 

 sometimes too warm and the men and boys therefore often prefer 

 a loose cap or hood. The older authors do not speak of these loose 

 skin-hoods in connection with the West Greenlanders, but to judge 

 from their occurrence at Ammassalik and near Smith Sound I feel 

 inclined to believe, that they have previously been used everywhere 

 in Greenland. I do not refer here however to the Ammassalikers' 

 small caps but especially to their fox-skin caps. Both the Ammas- 

 salikers' fox-skin caps {qammaalän, figs. 299, 314 b, 315 a) and the 

 Smith Sound Eskimo's reindeer hood for children are akin to the 

 Alaska Eskimo's skin-hoods^). The cap seen in fig. 314c which con- 

 sists of a single skin of. a large white bird (goose or loon?), with- 

 out any peak attached, may belong to the same type. 



Amdrup brought home with him from Ammassalik the hood of 

 unhaired seal-skin seen in fig. 313. In spite of its unusual shape 

 1 am of opinion, that it is of Eskimo origin and made according to 



^) The clasping of the boot laces is essentially like that seen in fig. 337. 



2) Nelson (1899) p. 42. 



s) Kroeber (1899) p. 296; Steensby (1910) p. 346. 



*) Nelson (1899) fig. 3. 



