. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . resses ofcloth, and these are cutinto a semblance of thedresses worn by thewomen of civilizedcountries. It is notrare to see a womanwearing a skirt madefrom the tanned skinof the deer. The lowerliortions of the skirtare often fancifully or-namented with linesand stripes of paint ofvarious colors, extend-ing entirely around thegarment. A piece of baling cloth is often fashioned into a skirt and worn. The females appear to be less susceptible to the sudden changes ofthe s
. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . resses ofcloth, and these are cutinto a semblance of thedresses worn by thewomen of civilizedcountries. It is notrare to see a womanwearing a skirt madefrom the tanned skinof the deer. The lowerliortions of the skirtare often fancifully or-namented with linesand stripes of paint ofvarious colors, extend-ing entirely around thegarment. A piece of baling cloth is often fashioned into a skirt and worn. The females appear to be less susceptible to the sudden changes ofthe summer weather than the men. At least they exhibit less concernabout the thickness of their apparel. It is not unusual to see a womanwhose only clothing appears to be a thin dress of calico. During thewinter the women dress in the most comfortable skins (Fig. 100), blankets,shawls, comforts, leggings, and moccasins. During exceptionally severeweather, they appear as traveling wardrobes, doubtless carrying theirall on their back, and in some instances presenting a most comical ap-11 ETH 19. 290 THE HUDSON BAY ESKIMO. pearance as, loaded with clothing of most miscellaneous character, theywaddle over the snow. The winter cap is similar to that worn by themen, but is not so peaked. It is an object on which they expend agreat amount of labor. The material is usually a kind of cloth locallyknown as Hudson bay cloth, either red, dark blue, light blue, or caps of the men and women are usually made from the bettergrades of this cloth, while the dresses of the womeu and the leggingsof the men are of the inferior grades. If the cap is to be all one color, in which case it is always red, thecloth is cut in two pieces only, and put together so as to produce a cup-shape. Sometimeslive or six pieces arecut from two or threedifferent colors ofcloth and the stripssewed the seamswhite tape is sewedto set off the the center of thestrip is a rosette,cross, or other
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