ETHNOGRAPHY. 
No. I.— CLOTHING. 
i. Is any clothing used, or do the natives go entirely naked ? 
2. Is there any distinction made in the clothing of the sexes, 
or of persons of various ranks ? 3. Is it varied according to 
the seasons of the year, or for special festivals ? 4. Are th^re 
any sumptuary laws as to clothing ? 5. Are any recognized 
peculiarities of dress restricted to the subdivisions of tribes ? 
6. Is any deviation in such peculiarities considered improper ? 
7. Are the clothes made by each individual or fami/ly ? or 
are there any recognized makers of clothes ? 8. How do 
they rank ? 9. Is there anything which corresponds to what 
we term “fashion”? 10. Of what materials are the clothes 
chiefly made? 11. Are they native or imported ? 12. Are 
the clothes much shaped or simple wrappers ? 13. Plow are 
the latter folded ? 14. Is there any difference between the 
indoor and out-of-door clothing? 15. Are any portions of 
clothing removed on saluting or visiting a superior? 16. 
How are the garments put together ? 17. If sewn, have the 
needles eyes ? or is the thread passed through a hole pre¬ 
viously made? 18. What kind of thread is used? 19. Do 
clothes descend from parents to children ? or are they burned 
with the individual who wore them, or otherwise destroyed ? 
20. Is there any uniform garment worn (a) by fighting men, 
or ( b ) by medicine men and priests? 21. Is any addition 
made to the dress of a man who has killed an enemy or 
some formidable animal ? 
