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an edging with the hair outside. Two suspenders, wide hairy strips of skin, are sewn on to the middle of the front and back; a little way up they are tied together with short strips of skin.

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Fig. 152.Frock for half-grown girl.

Fig. 152 (Aivilingmiut) is an outer frock for a half-grown girl. At the front a smal flap, at the back a bigger one, a white edging at the bottom; the sleeves have the wide shoulders of the women's frock and white stripes; several skin fringes on the upper arm, and there are also fringes at the bottom; the hood is small. Length front 61, back 91, of which the hood is 27, over-all width 95 cm. The corresponding inner frock is edged at the bottom with strips of light and dark, short-haired skin; there are no stripes on shoulder or over arm, no broad edging at the bottom, the back of the hood is of one piece and, along the sides of the upturned back-flap are narrow longitudinal stripes. Otherwise the cut is like that of the foregoing.

An inner frock for a somewhat younger girl, Aivilingmiut, has no hood; small flaps back and front; at the front of the neck is a slit, which can be closed by two pairs of bands; length front 40, back 35, over-all width 87 cm; the wide shoulders have already made their appearance on this dress. The corresponding outer frock is of caribou calf-skin, rather uniform in colour. Cut and size almost like the foregoing.

The corresponding outer-trousers are of caribou skin with the hair outside; at the waist is a border with the hair inside; stripes down the sides. At the top two suspenders, fastened at the middle of the front and back. Width at the top 33 cm, length 54 cm.

A pair of boy's outer stockings (Aivilingmiut) have dark feet.

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