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CONCERNING LAPLAND. 169
the outer garment of cloth, which, as has juft been mentioned, is
without any collar. The women have another kind of upper gar-
ment, called barve, made of kerfey or coarfe cloth, but different
from the other already fpoken of, as this comes no lower than the
middle, is gathered round, and lies in folds about the body. The
upper coat of rein-deer’s {kin, or its fawn, refembles that of the
men in every refpect, except that thofe which the men wear
come down to the heels, whereas the women’s f{carcely reach lower
than the knees.
The gloves of the Lapland women are alike in fhape to thofe
of the men; fome of them are white, made of the legs of the rein-
deer’s {kin, the hair outwards, ornamented with flips of cloth of
various colours, fewed on them. The pantaloons of the women,
like thofe of the men, ferve inftead of ftockings, and are made of
kerfey or other cloth, or of fkins from the rein-deer’s legs, but
very feldom of tanned leather. The women’s fhoes are always
made of the fkin of the rein-deer’s legs, with upper-leathers of the
fame; thofe of the mountains preferring {kins of a white colour.
The belts or girdles of the women are of leather or cloth, em-
bellifhed with plates of tin: from the girdle hangs down a fmaller
belt, ornamented with brafs, which has a number of different little
things, and among others, brafs rings hanging from it: the better
fort of women have girdles bedecked in like manner with filver.
The women wear over their fhoulders kerchiefs, or mantles of
Ruffian linen, or of cotton, fometimes white, and fometimes
printed in colours: they alfo make ufe of narrow aprons of Ruffia
Vou. IL. Z linen
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