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skin of the same size, with the hair out, but the hair is cut very short; at each end are two strips of caribou skin for tying. These Image missingFig. 119.Caribou skin sock. Image missingFig. 120.Sealskin shoe. belts are sometimes used by older men to prevent a draught up under the frock. Previously they sometimes used a skin belt (nabluinitaq) about 15 cm wide, between the boot and the trouser leg.

This concludes the man's winter dress. In the house the outer frock and outer trousers are taken off, beaten with the snow-beater and placed in one of the store rooms, where they do not become damp as in the living room; as a rule the caribou-skin shoes are laid in a small compartment hollowed out of the snow under the platform and the sealskin shoes are put on instead.

For summer use they wear the inner frock and under trousers and under stockings of caribou skin, and with them sealskin boots and mittens; if it is cold the sealskin frock and trousers are worn outside the caribou skin dress.

Fig. 122 (Ponds Inlet) is a sealskin frock (natseq) of the usual form, cut square at the bottom, with a slit in front but none at the sides. Round the bottom and in the hood opening it is edged with a narrow, dark strip of skin and a wider, light strip; at the edges of the sleeves is a wider edging of a medium colour. Length front 0.79. back 1.04, over-all width 1.35 m. Fig. 123 shows the cut. The arms consist of two lengthwise pieces, one wide, the other narrower; in one a small gusset has been inserted.

A frock from the Iglulingmiut, Kingâgjuaq, is 68 cm front, 94 cm back, over-all width 1.28 m; it differs from the foregoing frock merely in that the hood is less pointed and has not the two separate, triangular pieces. We have a similar one from the Aivilingmiut. Image missingFig. 121.Mittens. Chesterfield Inlet; on this, however, there are only separate, oblique pieces at the bottom of the front of the body, and these are quite small. The hood is made of only two side pieces.

Fig. 124 (Ponds Inlet) is a pair of sealskin trousers; at the bottom of each leg is a light-coloured edge; across the legs a thin dark band. Width at the