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How we are clothed ; a geographical reader (1904)

Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · London : Macmillan & Co. · leaf 29

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ffiQr, 1. —Eskimo Mother aud Baby. cradle the Eskimo baby has, and the mothersalways wear large hoods for this purpose Both men and women wear trousers, someof reindeer skin and some of sealskin. Thej *o HOW WE ARE CLOTHi.. wear boots of sealskm. Those of the womenare longer than those of the men.… … Courtesy of Woria l o-au,y. Fig. 2.—Eskimo Group, Whale River. Dnderneath these heavy boots are lighterones. We might call them stockings, for theyare the only stockings the Eskimos have. Theyare often made of foxskin with the fur inside. Even in Eskimo land it sometimes rains, andour friends have…

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