In the Alaskan wilderness . The larger and higher ones are made of two pieces,a flat bottom combined with vertical sides, con-sisting of a single piece of uniform thickness,bent round and spliced where the ends cometogether. These vessels are either oval or circularin shape and vary in size from drinking cupsto vessels of about five gallons capacity. Theyare as watertight as any cask or firkin and areas good examples of cooperage as one could seeanywhere. The birchbark vessels are also verybeautifully and neatly made. One type is flatwith sloping sides and the other type is high withstraight s
In the Alaskan wilderness . The larger and higher ones are made of two pieces,a flat bottom combined with vertical sides, con-sisting of a single piece of uniform thickness,bent round and spliced where the ends cometogether. These vessels are either oval or circularin shape and vary in size from drinking cupsto vessels of about five gallons capacity. Theyare as watertight as any cask or firkin and areas good examples of cooperage as one could seeanywhere. The birchbark vessels are also verybeautifully and neatly made. One type is flatwith sloping sides and the other type is high withstraight sides. The latter is sometimes providedwith a handle. The Sikmiut make no potteryand no baskets. The clothing of the Sikmiut is rich in materialand workmanship. The skins of animals furnishthe materials and they are tanned with the furand rendered beautifully soft and pliable by anapplication of the brains of animals and by furs used include most of the furbearinganimals of Alaska. The squirrel, marmot, arctic116. THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUB-CHIEF OF THE SIKMIUT hare, muskrat, mink, beaver, otter, marten, wolf,wolverine, caribou and reindeer are employedin various ways in the manufacture of arctic hare is used for undergarments andfor lining about the necks and hoods of womenscoats. The squirrel, muskrat and marmot areused for plain working garments of men andwomen. The wolverine and wolf skins are usedchiefly for trimmings, the skins of the caribouare used for making the heavier and roughergarments, those of the reindeer are cut and letinto the dark furs for decorative effect. Verypretty dresses for women and little girls are alsomade of skins of the young reindeer. For somereason which I did not learn, fox skins are notused for clothing. Neither the red fox nor thewhite fox nor any of the other varieties of fox,so much prized by our people, is worn by theSikmiut or by any people of Alaska so far as Icould learn. One of the handsomest dresses that I saw was
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