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Fig. 136.Cut of woman's stocking. inside; the lower end has the usual stocking cut; at the top it is edged with a dark strip of seal skin; the strap at the top ends in a round ball of wood. The cut, which is the same as that of the boot, is shown on fig. 136.

A pair of woman's boots with stockings from the Iglulingmiut, Qajûvfik, has the white ornamental stripes at the front and the outer edge of the upper flap edged with a black strip of skin; on the stockings the seams of this ornament on the upper piece are lined up by sewing Image missingFig. 137.Buttons for women's dress. on thin, black strips of seal skin; the straps of the stockings end at the top in small, ball-shaped pads of caribou skin. The upper point of the boot is fastened to that of the stocking. Length 1.00 m,. width of extension 32, length of foot 22 cm.

Women's mittens do not differ in any way from those of the men.

Women with bad heads (mostly syphilis patients) must not go into the open air with the head bare and they use a hood of caribou skin. One of these has the hair, which is clipped short, outside, and a border of long hair round the opening. Folded: 26 cm high, 24 cm wide; bands for tying at the corners.

Women's summer dress consists simply of the caribou-skin inner frock, trousers, stockings and boots which, instead of having the lower part of caribou skin are now made of seal skin; in addition,

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