. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . g the infant. When sitting, thefemale tisually disposes the front flap so that it will lie spread uponthe thighs, or else i)ushes it between her legs, while the hind flap iseither thrown aside or sat upon. It is not unusual for the women to display considerable taste inornamenting their garments, using the steel-gray pelt of the harp sealto contrast with the black of the harbor seal, and so on. The edges ofthe hood and sleeves are frequently trimmed witli skin from a dark •) CLOTHING. 211 colo
. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . g the infant. When sitting, thefemale tisually disposes the front flap so that it will lie spread uponthe thighs, or else i)ushes it between her legs, while the hind flap iseither thrown aside or sat upon. It is not unusual for the women to display considerable taste inornamenting their garments, using the steel-gray pelt of the harp sealto contrast with the black of the harbor seal, and so on. The edges ofthe hood and sleeves are frequently trimmed witli skin from a dark •) CLOTHING. 211 colored youiij;dog, or a strip of polar bear skiu. whose long white hairsshed the rain better than those of any other mammal. It is not rare to find loops of sinew or of sealskin attached to thebreast or back of a womans garments. These are for tying small arti-cles, such as a needle case or a snuff-bag, to the clothing for convenienceand to prevent loss. A peculiar style of ornamentation is shown in Fig. 39 and 40, , a womans coat fi-om Fort Ghimo. The front of the skirt is fringed. Fio. ;il. Kskinin mans tUtTakiii coat (back.) with little lead drops, licanshaped in the upper row and pear-shajtedin the lower, and pierced so that they can be sewed on. These leaddrops are furnished by the trader at the price of about a cent and ahalf each, in trade. The trimming of this frock cost, therefore, ab(mt$4:. The four objects dangling from the front of the frock are pewterspoon-bowls. Across the breast is a fringe of short strings of differentcolored beads, red, black, yellow, white, and blue. Jingling ornamentsare much x)rized. 212 THE HUDSON BAY ESKIMO. The till tags lioiii plug tobacco are eagerly sought for, perforatedaud attached in peudaut strands 3 or 4 inches long to sealskin stripsand thus serve the place of beads. I saw one woman who certainlyhad not less than a thousand of these tags Jingling as she walked. Ihave also seen coins of various countries attached to the arms
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