. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . Fig. 29. Eskimo I) cap. 210 THE HUDSON BAY ESKIMO. material for clotbiug, as the skiu is roughly tauued, aud no amount ofworking will render it more than moderately pliable. Figs. 32 and 33represent a sealsktn coat. These coats are often trinnued round theedges with fringes of deei-skiu 2 or 3 inches wide, oi little pendants Fig. 30. Eskimo mans flrf-rskiii coat (front). The collection contains eleven of these coats, Nos. 3221,3498-3500,and 3558 of deerskin, and Nos. 3228, 3533-3537 o
. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . Fig. 29. Eskimo I) cap. 210 THE HUDSON BAY ESKIMO. material for clotbiug, as the skiu is roughly tauued, aud no amount ofworking will render it more than moderately pliable. Figs. 32 and 33represent a sealsktn coat. These coats are often trinnued round theedges with fringes of deei-skiu 2 or 3 inches wide, oi little pendants Fig. 30. Eskimo mans flrf-rskiii coat (front). The collection contains eleven of these coats, Nos. 3221,3498-3500,and 3558 of deerskin, and Nos. 3228, 3533-3537 of sealskin. The peculiar shape of the womans coat is best understood by refer-ence to the accompanying figiues (Figs. 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38). Theenormous hood is used for carrying 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
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