Beothuk and Micmac . , while others are sug-gestive of Red Indian culture. The caribou-skin capote {qalibuazi, caribou cover-ing) with hood attached (pi. xi-xiv), andthe- sealskin coats (pi. xv) of the sametype, are of course in the former class. Al-though I was able to procure only a plainspecimen of the caribou-skin coat, Ilearnedfrom John Paul (see p. 78, note 45) ofdecorations which formerly were more com-mon. Tanned with the hair off, thesecoats had figures of animals painted on theback, and a band of checkerwork in redand black around the waist. This comparesmore with what we know of Mon
Beothuk and Micmac . , while others are sug-gestive of Red Indian culture. The caribou-skin capote {qalibuazi, caribou cover-ing) with hood attached (pi. xi-xiv), andthe- sealskin coats (pi. xv) of the sametype, are of course in the former class. Al-though I was able to procure only a plainspecimen of the caribou-skin coat, Ilearnedfrom John Paul (see p. 78, note 45) ofdecorations which formerly were more com-mon. Tanned with the hair off, thesecoats had figures of animals painted on theback, and a band of checkerwork in redand black around the waist. This comparesmore with what we know of Montagnaisdecoration, although the same type of coathad a wide distribution throughout theWabanaki area. Of the pigments, red andbrown were from alder bark, yellow fromyellow thread (golden ihxc&d, Coptis iri-folia),^^ and blue and black from blueber-ries. When the hair was left on these coatsthey were seldom painted, except as in thecase of the one figured, which has red ocher INDIAN NOTES SPECK—BEOTHUK ANDMICMAC. DAUGHTER OF JOHN PAUL. M IC MAC-MONT AGNAIS OF BADGERS BROOK. IN CARIBOU-SKIN COAT AND WITH RED INDIAN DOLL SPECK—BEOTHUK AND MICMAC \
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