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in small cartridge cases. All the bead embroidery is prettily and carefully done work.

Fig. 130–31 is a woman (Aivilingmio, Chesterfield Inlet) with complete bead trimming; a similar beaded dress (worn by Niviatsianâq, now living on Southampton Island) is illustrated by Low.^[1] Image missingFig. 131.Woman with bead trimming; back side. The arrangement of the bead embroidery (sapangat) is the same in all cases; Two large square breast-pieces (sâ). stripes across the upper arm (tuerut), bands on the wrists, trimming on the back of the hood. In Parry^[2] too, there is a picture of bead trimming with a similar arrangement, which is apparently an old pattern. The designs do not vary much; serrated lines and double curves are common, but one sometimes sees flowers, caribou, stars and even European boots as motives. The double curve and the plant designs display kinship with Indian ornamentation.^[3]

According to Eskimo circumstances a completely bead-embroidered dress is very valuable; there are scarcely more than ten in the whole tribe. Most of the women have no beads on their inner frock, or at the most a simple edging on sleeves and hood. Now and then an edging of beads, or one or two tassels of bead-strings, are seen on men's and children's dresses.

The women use only one pair of trousers; fig. 132 is a pair from