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Image missingFig. 132.Woman's trousers. the Aivilingmiut. They are of caribou skin with the hair outside. The cut is shown on fig. 133. A broad white and a narrower black, longitudinal stripe along the outside of the legs is characteristic of the women's trousers. Length 65 cm, width at top 42 cm at bottom 18 cm. Near the upper edge at the back are three loops for the cord. of seal thong: near the under edge, at the back and inner side, hang two skin strips. A pair of trousers from the Iglulingmiut have dimensions 70, 45 and 21 cm respectively; the cut is like the foregoing pair, but at the bottom the legs have several loops of skin strips, and no skin. strips are sewn on at the bottom.

On fig. 134 will be seen a woman's boot of caribou skin from the Iglulingmiut. It consists of a legging with the hair outside, and the boot itself, which has the hair inside, although on the sole the hair is downwards. The legging consists of a large flap coming to a point at the top and fastened to the trouser cord by means of a strap Fig. 133.Cut of woman's trousers.