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two buttons from the Aivilingmiut and Repulse Bay; 7 is from Iglulik, 8 from Pingerqalik.

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Fig. 139.Woman's outer frock; new style.

This woman's dress is undoubtedly the old dress of the Iglulik women; it is that which is illustrated and described by Parry[1] and Lyon[2] and later by Bessels[3] Boas,[4] Low[5] and Bernier;[6] in former days it has been in use. everywhere, from Chesterfield Inlet to Ponds Inlet.

With regard to the peculiar pouch-like extensions on the boots Parry[7] says that they were used for carrying the children in. They are not used for this purpose now, at any rate, and, what is more, it would be a very unpractical place to carry them; when they cannot walk by themselves they are carried in the back pouch. What the original use of these side-pouches has been is uncertain; if the women are asked, they simply reply that "this is how they are worn". They are never used as pockets; one might rather

  1. ↑ 1824, pp. 90, 403, 418, 495.
  2. ↑ 1824, pp. 314, 515–16.
  3. ↑ p. 501.
  4. ↑ 1901 p. 104. figg. 153 b and 154 b, Pl. III–IV.
  5. ↑ pp. 144 and 164.
  6. ↑ 1912, pp. 62, 64, 71.
  7. ↑ 1824. p. 496.
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