. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . Flf4. 4*2. EaVimo wboes. All mittens have such short thumbs that they are very iuconvenientfor a white man, who habitu-ally holds his thumb spreadaway from the palm, whereasthe lunuit usually keep thethund> apposed to the wrists of the mitten alsoare so short that considerableof the wrist is often sleeves of the jacket aregenerally fringed with wolf ordog skin to protect this ex-posed portion of the wrist. Similar mittens of blacksealskin are also worn by themen during damp weat
. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . Flf4. 4*2. EaVimo wboes. All mittens have such short thumbs that they are very iuconvenientfor a white man, who habitu-ally holds his thumb spreadaway from the palm, whereasthe lunuit usually keep thethund> apposed to the wrists of the mitten alsoare so short that considerableof the wrist is often sleeves of the jacket aregenerally fringed with wolf ordog skin to protect this ex-posed portion of the wrist. Similar mittens of blacksealskin are also worn by themen during damp weather, orwhen handling oV)jects whichwould easily soil a pair offurred mittens. I have neverseen a woman wear this kindof covering for the hand. It appears to be exclusively worn by the men. The men who engage in the late fall seal hunting protect their handswith waterproof gauntlets, wliich reach well up over the keep the hands from being wet by the spray and by the drip
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