Transcriber’s Notes
A. The end of this paragraph was misprinted with “it-” and “seal.” at consecutive line ends:
B. Printed as shown. The correct subtitle of the cited book is:
‘Grönland geographisk og statistisk beskrevet,’ etc.
The Central Eskimo / Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 399-670
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An extensive ethnographic account documents the peoples of the central Arctic, mapping their geographic distribution and local groups and describing subsistence practices such as seal, walrus, whale and land-mammal hunting, plus fishing. It details material culture and technology — boats, sledges, clothing, houses, leatherworking and other manufactures — and examines social organization, customs, kinship, visiting practices, laws and religious beliefs including shamans and spirit lore. The volume collects oral traditions, myths, songs with musical notation, and treats navigation, poetry and artistic expression alongside methodological notes on orthography and sources.