Book contents
- Frontmatter
- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAP. I GREENLAND AND THE ESKIMO
- CHAP. II APPEARANCE AND DRESS
- CHAP. III THE ‘KAIAK’ AND ITS APPURTENANCES
- CHAP. IV THE ESKIMO AT SEA
- CHAP. V WINTER-HOUSES, TENTS, WOMAN-BOATS, AND EXCURSIONS
- CHAP. VI COOKERY AND DAINTIES
- CHAP. VII CHARACTER AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
- CHAP. VIII THE POSITION AND WORK OF WOMEN
- CHAP. IX LOVE AND MARRIAGE
- CHAP. X MORALS
- CHAP. XI JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS—DRUM-DANCES AND ENTERTAINMENTS
- CHAP. XII MENTAL GIFTS—ART—MUSIC—POETRY—ESKIMO NARRATIVES
- CHAP. XIII RELIGIOUS IDEAS
- CHAP. XIV THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTAINITY
- CHAP. XV EUROPEANS AND NATIVES
- CHAP. XVI WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED?
- CHAP. XVII CONCLUSION
CHAP. XII - MENTAL GIFTS—ART—MUSIC—POETRY—ESKIMO NARRATIVES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2014
- Frontmatter
- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAP. I GREENLAND AND THE ESKIMO
- CHAP. II APPEARANCE AND DRESS
- CHAP. III THE ‘KAIAK’ AND ITS APPURTENANCES
- CHAP. IV THE ESKIMO AT SEA
- CHAP. V WINTER-HOUSES, TENTS, WOMAN-BOATS, AND EXCURSIONS
- CHAP. VI COOKERY AND DAINTIES
- CHAP. VII CHARACTER AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
- CHAP. VIII THE POSITION AND WORK OF WOMEN
- CHAP. IX LOVE AND MARRIAGE
- CHAP. X MORALS
- CHAP. XI JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS—DRUM-DANCES AND ENTERTAINMENTS
- CHAP. XII MENTAL GIFTS—ART—MUSIC—POETRY—ESKIMO NARRATIVES
- CHAP. XIII RELIGIOUS IDEAS
- CHAP. XIV THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTAINITY
- CHAP. XV EUROPEANS AND NATIVES
- CHAP. XVI WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED?
- CHAP. XVII CONCLUSION
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- Eskimo Life , pp. 193 - 208Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1893