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An inner frock (Aivilingmiut) is of caribou skin with the hair inside; on account of the lack of edgings and inlays, the cut is more Image missingFig. 129.Woman's inner frock with bead frimming. simple than that of the outer frocks. At the bottom and on the sleeves it is edged with a narrow, black strip of sealskin, of which the carrying strap is also made; round the hood opening is a narrow, hairy strip of caribou skin. Length front 0.55, back 1.55 (of which the hood 0.51). over-all width 1.12 m. Each of the sleeves consists of one large piece, in which two small pieces are gussetted.

Fig. 129 (Iglulingmiut) is a woman's inner frock with bead trimming. Size, cut and edging are the same as the above, but the back of the hood is put together in rather another manner. The glass beads are sewn on to a number of pieces of red and black cloth which are fastened on to the frock: a large red piece on the breast. narrower red and black bands across the upper arm and up over the shoulder (like the white stripes on the outer frock), at the sleeve openings, along the edge of the hood and the hood-opening, where they continue upwards and cover the most of the forepart of the hood; in the middle of the back are two small red patches. The beads are small, uniform in size except for a few larger beads which terminate free-ended strings. Their colour varies greatly: the white ones predominate; then there are five shades of blue, three of red, two of yellow, two green, black, dark brown, greyish, semi-opaque and opalescent. The various ornamental designs are often carried out over a white background. The serrated