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W. Thalbitzer 



or ochre and usually ornamented with ivory reliefs in varying pat- 

 terns. — In Alaska both kinds occur. With regard to the larger eye- 

 shades, however, the Greenlanders have a modification with the 



sides straight or vertical down from 

 the curved upper part, by which 

 means all the side light is natur- 

 ally excluded. 



Fig. 317. Two eye-shades with ivory reliefs. (Holm coll.). ^/4. 



Two kinds of the larger eye- 

 shades are mentioned from Alaska 

 by Nelson ^). One of them used 

 between Yukon and Kuskokwim 

 Rivers is a conical wooden helmet 

 which covers the crown of the 

 head and projects far over the fore- 

 head, forming a broad, arched 

 shade over the eyes. Northwards 

 from Yukon wooden visors are 

 used which lack the conical top 

 but have a margin which encircles 

 the head like a ring or fillet, in 

 one piece with the eye-shade. At 

 Ammassalik this fillet is quite cut 

 away so that the helmet is so-to- 

 speak halved and must be held up 

 by means of a leather strap round 

 the back of the neck, often ornamented by a row of ivory beads. — 

 As at Ammassalik the eye-shades in Alaska are red-coloured and 

 often ornamented with ivory reliefs. From the regions between 



t. -■ 



Fig. 318. Eye-shade with ivory reliefs 



of human figures on the upper side. 



(Petersen coll.). Ч4. 



1) Nelson (1899J pp. 166-169, PI. LXIV; Hoffman (1897) pp. 835—836. 



