. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . -Neuenot woman in full winterdi-i-ss. 292 THE HUDSON BAY ESKIMO. bacco and a few other necessary articles are carried in a bag known aslire bag. These are made of cloth and trimmed with beads, and areoften (|uitc tastefully ornamented. Tlie detailed figures which 1 have ])resented sliow much better thanany des(ri])tion the designs used in ornamenting their clothing. Some. Fig. 101.—Scalskiu hcudbaml. Neiuiiut. of the i»atterns are rude copies of the designs found upon cheap hand-kerchiefs, scarfs, and
. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . -Neuenot woman in full winterdi-i-ss. 292 THE HUDSON BAY ESKIMO. bacco and a few other necessary articles are carried in a bag known aslire bag. These are made of cloth and trimmed with beads, and areoften (|uitc tastefully ornamented. Tlie detailed figures which 1 have ])resented sliow much better thanany des(ri])tion the designs used in ornamenting their clothing. Some. Fig. 101.—Scalskiu hcudbaml. Neiuiiut. of the i»atterns are rude copies of the designs found upon cheap hand-kerchiefs, scarfs, and other printed fabrics. 1 have already spoken of the headbands worked for the men by their wives and swi^ethearts. Such aheadband, made of sealskin pro-cured from the Eskimo, is shownin Fig. 1(1] (No. 3440). Theheadband is used to supjiort theweight of a load carried on theback, relic^ving the strain on theshoulders and making it easierto breathe. The band passesover the forehead to the back,where it is attached to the forms of these head-bands or portage straps aremade. Sometimes a piece ofbirch bark is placed under thestrap where it touches the fore-head. It is said that the barkdoes not become wet from themoisture induced by the se-vere exertion and thus burn thehead. Flu. 10:;.—Skin scraper(front). Nfuoiiol. Via. 103.—Skin scraper(back). Neneiiot. IllKPAKATION OF TIIK SKINS KOU CLOTHING. Having now given a general description of the
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