Ethnological results of the Point Barrow expedition: Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1888, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1892, pages 3-442Murdoch, John
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Ethnological results of the Point Barrow expedition: Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1888, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1892, pages 3-442
Murdoch, John
Eskimos -- Alaska -- Barrow, Point, Region
_Head clothing._--The only head covering usually worn is the hood of
the frock, which reaches to about the middle of the head, the front
being covered by the hair. Women who are carrying children in the
jacket sometimes wrap the head in a cloth. (I have an indistinct
recollection of once seeing a woman with a deerskin hood, but was too
busy at the time to make a note or sketch of it.) One man at Utkiavwĭñ
(Nägawau´ra, now deceased), who was quite bald on the forehead, used
to protect the front of his head with a sort of false front of
deerskin, tied round like a fillet. No specimens of any of these
articles were obtained. Fancy conical caps are worn in the dances and
theatrical performances, but these belong more properly under the head
of Games and Pastimes (where they will be described) than under that
of Clothing.
_Frocks (atigĕ)._--Two frocks are always worn by both sexes except in
the house, or in warm weather, the inner (ílupa) with the hair next
the skin, and the outer (kalûru´rɐ) with the hair out. The outer frock
is also sometimes worn with the hair in, especially when it is new and
the flesh side clean and white. This side is often ornamented with
little tufts of marten fur and stripes of red ocher. The difference in
shape between the frocks of the two sexes has been already mentioned.
The man’s frock is a loose shirt, not fitted to the body, widening at
the bottom, and reaching, when unbelted, just below the hips. The
skirts are cut off square or slightly rounded, and are a little longer
behind than in front. The hood is rounded, loose around the neck, and
fitted in more on the sides than on the nape. The front edge of the
hood, when drawn up, comes a little forward of the top of the head and
runs round under the chin, covering the ears.
[Illustration: FIG. 53.--Man’s frock.]
[Illustration: FIG. 54.--Pattern of man’s deerskin frock.]
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