. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. ESKIMO WOMEN, PLOVER BAY. or less tight fitting, and reaching to the knee. The women wear extremely large and baggy knickerbockers. Both sexes use the common sealskin mukluks or boots, which reach to the knees. The children of either sex dress like the adults. These Eskimo live altogether on flesh, hair seal, wal- rus, whales, and ducks furnishing them their chief support. About a mile from the village, under the high bluff which seems too steep to be climbed by man, is the vil- lage burying ground. Soon after dissolution the dead are carri
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. ESKIMO WOMEN, PLOVER BAY. or less tight fitting, and reaching to the knee. The women wear extremely large and baggy knickerbockers. Both sexes use the common sealskin mukluks or boots, which reach to the knees. The children of either sex dress like the adults. These Eskimo live altogether on flesh, hair seal, wal- rus, whales, and ducks furnishing them their chief support. About a mile from the village, under the high bluff which seems too steep to be climbed by man, is the vil- lage burying ground. Soon after dissolution the dead are carried to the gravelly beach at the foot of this bluff, where, dressed in their ordinary clothing, they are laid. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909; Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942; Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D. C. ). New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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