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otherwise» — John Murdoch expressly affirms the same; in
speaking of the Point Harrow Eskimo and their traditional tales
he says: «The expression: when all men wore one labret —,
means: a very long time ago —, as the single labret has long
been out of fashion and a few only are preserved as heirlooms
or amulets».
Nevertheless we cannot but wonder at the perseverance
with which the natives have still clung to the same ancient
custom which has braved the arctic winters of Point Barrow and
is still fashionable at the Mackenzie also. IN THE CENTRAL
REGIONS, HOWEVER, IT MUST LAST HAVE SUCCUMBED. In
Greenland, strange to say, it is not known, as far as I remember,
even from the folklore.
As concerns HAIR-DRESSING a sort of tonsure is generally
used by men in the West and at the Mackenzie R. beyond
which it is sporadic, f. i. on the coasts of Hudson’s Strait and
of Smith’s Sound. As for women hair dressing begins in the
West with DEPENDENT BRAIDS and ends in Greenland with having
the whole rolled up in a single STRAITLY TIED TUFT the thickness
and perpendicular position of which is of the highest importance
among the objects of the toilet. This tuft makes its first
appearance east of Point Barrow, but here combined with the plaits,
and hereupon it continues alternately in this way and again varying
with the use of braids alone, until at length in Greenland the
tuft becomes the absolute custom.
Finally the use of MASKS for dancing festivals and
especially connected with religious ceremonies is developed in a high
degree among the Alaska Eskimo and like the labrets links
them to the Indians. But also like the latter it disappears
towards the East.
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