Appendix (E). LIST OF THE DRESSES, &c. OF THE ESQUIMAUX INDIANS IN HUDSON’S STRAITS Brought by His Majesty’s Ship Rosamond in 1814 AND Presented by LIEUTENANT CHAPPELL to the University Library at Cambridge.
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Dress of the Men, made of Seal-skins.
Dress of the Women, with a Hood and Tail, made of the Moose-Deer Skins.
Seal-skin Boots of the Men, water proof.
Boots of the Women.
Gloves of ditto.
Dress of an Esquimaux Child, made of the Skins of Sea Mice.
Pouch of Seal-skin.
Ditto of the Dog-fish, with the Fins remaining, as Ornaments.
Small Box made of Rushes, in which they carry their Trinkets.
A most curious Mask for defending the Eyes from the Snow, with a Place for the Ornaments of their Foreheads.
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Barb of a Harpoon, with Sculptured Images of Water-Fowls.
Instrument whereby they hurl their Darts, Arrows, and Harpoons.
Two of their Images; the one representing a Man, and the other a Woman, in the Esquimaux Dress; shewing the first dawning of sculpture, and their inability to represent the human countenance, hands, or feet.
LIST of Articles illustrating the Manners and Customs of the Natives of the North-western Coast of America; brought to Europe by Commodore Billings.
Machines used in casting their Arrows; from the neighbourhood of Cook’s River.
Harpoons of Bone, with Ropes made of the Tendons of Animals.
Ditto of Fossil Ivory, with ditto.
Idols of Wood and Hair, brought to the Coast from the interior of the North-American Continent.
Bone Fish-hooks.
Pouches, worn by the Men for covering the Genitals, made of a Marine Plant.
Head-dresses of the Women, made of the Entrails of Fishes.
Dresses of Men and Women, made of Skins of Moose-Deer.
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Bracelets and Fishing-lines made of Fishes’ Entrails.
Thread for Sewing, manufactured of the same materials.
Needle-work of the Women, ditto.
Circular Rattle of the Enchanters or Sorcerers, made of the Beaks of Sea-Hawks.
Bonnet worn by the Men; adorned with long Spikes made of the Beard of the Sea-Lion.
Hatchet for making Canoes; the Handle being of wood, to which, by thongs, a piece of Jade is fastened.
Lancet for Bleeding, made of Pitchstone.
Idols made of the Sea-Mouse, adorned with Porcupine’s Quills.
Work-bags and Needle-cases, made of Fishes’ Entrails; the Needles, of Fishes’ Bones; &c. &c.; from Prince William’s Sound.
Small Boxes, and Pouches for carrying Trinkets, &c.
Fish-hooks, False Worms as Baits, Idols, Ornaments for Bonnets, &c.
Seal-skin Boots.
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