The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . eror seal-skin moccasins, which above the foot are fastened tothe trousers in the way conmion among the Lapps. The solesare of walrus-skin or bear-skin, and have the hair side inwards. 472 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. On the other parts of the moccasin the hair is outwards. Withinthe shoes are seal-skin stockings and hay. The head coveringconsists of a hood embroidered with beads, over which in severecold is drawn an outer hood bordered with dog-skin. The outer
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . eror seal-skin moccasins, which above the foot are fastened tothe trousers in the way conmion among the Lapps. The solesare of walrus-skin or bear-skin, and have the hair side inwards. 472 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. On the other parts of the moccasin the hair is outwards. Withinthe shoes are seal-skin stockings and hay. The head coveringconsists of a hood embroidered with beads, over which in severecold is drawn an outer hood bordered with dog-skin. The outerhood is often quite close under the chin, and extends in a verywell-fitting way over the shoulders. To a complete dress therealso belong a skin neckerchief or boa, and a neck covering ofmultiple reindeer-skins, or of different kinds of skins sewntogether in chess-board-like squares. In summer and far intothe autumn the men go bareheaded, although they clip the hairon the crown of the head close to the root. During the warm season of the year a number of the winterwraps are laid off in proportion to the increase of the heat, so. CHVKCH FACE-TATTOO I NO. (After a drawing by A. Stuxberg.) that the dress finally consists merely of a pesh, an overcoat, anda pair of trousers. The summer moccasins are often as long inthe leg as our sea-boots. In the tent the men wear only shorttrousers reaching to the hip, together with leather belts (health-belts) at the waist and on the arms. The mans dress is notmuch ornamented. On the other hand the men often wearstrings of beads in the ears, or a skin band set with large,tastefully arranged beads or a leather band with some largebeads on the brow. The leather band they will not willinglypart with, and a woman told us that the beads in it indicatethe number of enemies the wearer has killed. I am, however,quite certain that this was only an empty boast. Probably our XII.] CHUKCH DRESS. 473 informant referred to a tradition handed down from former w
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