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with a tying band, an opening between the legs; length 55 cm, of which the legs measure 23 cm; over-all width 58 cm.

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Fig. 150.Girl's combination suit.

Fig. 148 (Aivilingmiut) is an outer-suit for a boy of four or five, of rather short-haired skin. Frock and trousers in one, but there are no stockings and no hood; on the back are two white stripes diverging downwards; and also white edging on the neck, slit and the opening between the legs; three pairs of tying bands, of caribou skin. Length 51, of which the legs measure 21, over-all width 73 cm.

Fig. 149 shows the cut of an inner combination suit for a four or five year old boy, Aivilingmiut; everything has the hair inside. There is a slit with three tying bands in front and one between the legs; length 77, of which the legs measure 40, over-all width 71 cm.

An infant's cap of caribou skin with the hair outside has at the bottom hairy fringes and consists of five pieces of skin, of which the rearmost (at the nape of the neck) is the head skin with the ear flaps. To the face is a narrow edging with the hair inside; the tying band is of dark seal skin. Height 24, breadth 16 cm. A cap for a

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