. Scientifique américain Volume 89 Numéro 17 (octobre 1903) . s effectué, le chaman est généralement fortement re-warded pour ses services. Le manteau ici figuré est le premier à être exposé en Amérique, de cette région non voyageet éloignée. Un autre shamans extraordinaire coatis considéré d'intérêt particulier, du fait que itis le seul spécimen connu jusqu'à présent recueilli ou knownappartenant à un Eskimo; en outre, il vient de themost partie nord de la terre sur le con- tineat américain. L'eeeat ii ene ef la caractéristique principale! ef amisDiver collection of Eskimo object* récemment ob-fed par Capt GE

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. Scientific American Volume 89 Number 17 (October 1903) . s effected, the shaman is usually highly re-warded for his services. The coat here figured is thefirst to be exhibited in America, from this untraveledand remote region. Another extraordinary shamans coatis considered of especial interest, from the fact that itis the only known specimen so far collected or knownbelonging to an Eskimo; besides, it comes from themost northern portion of land on the American con- tineat. The eeat ii ene ef the principal feature! ef amiscellaneous collection of Eskimo object* recently ob-tained by Capt. George Comer, an Arctic whaler, for theMuseum. It was collected from tribes dwelling in andaround Hudsons Bay, a territory difficult of access.These Eskimos have not come in contact with civiliza-tion or been visited by a white man for nearly a cen-tury, consequently they exist in the most primitivecondition. The coat has an important ethnological sig-nificance, as it resembles in many details those workedby the shamans of the Chukchee and Koryak tribes of. The Symbolical Demons of a Shamans Medicine Chest. northeastern Siberia. This may indicate an early andlong-forgotten connection between the tribes of this re-gion with those on the opposite Asiatic coast. The coatis made of caribou skin, sewn with sinew and orna-mented with figures cut out of the white skin of thatanimals foot. The meaning of the symbolic design infigures on the coat is expained to Capt. Comer as fol-lows: The two hands signify that no supernatural be-ing can touch the shaman. On the back are two bears, which represent the guardian spirits of the owner, while the figure of a small boy, shown over the hands,

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