Description (Physical description)
Complete outfit of clothing for a man.

Event Date
Author: Remke Velden

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Context (Other)
(Bio) Judy Hall, Curator of Eastern Woodlands and Arctic Ethnology, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
Event Date
Author: Diana Serediuc

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Context (Display)
Originally displayed with 1933.697 A & B and, therefore, categorized with that outfit.
Event Date
Author: Diana Serediuc

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Context (Acquisition Details)
Donated by British Arctic Air Route Expedition, per J. Rymill.
Event Date
Author: Diana Serediuc

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Description (Labels & Markings)
Label attached to B reads: '31.1163B Breeches (part of complete outfit) Angmag. Eskimo, Greenland. c.d. Brit. Arctic Exp. 1930-31'.
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden

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Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1931.1163 A-D: 'Greenland. Complete outfit of Clothing for a man. For make etc see Index card 31.1162 [The entire outfit including boots except the soles of the boots are made from fjord seal skin - the soles of bearded sealskin - the sinews are from the two biggest varieties of seals. The white fur is of fox. The ornamental white leather bleached by continually freezing the thawing of fjord seal.] Angmagsalik Eskimo. C & D British Arctic Air Route Expedition, 1930-31.'
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden

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Context (References)
Holm, Gustav Ethnological sketch of the Angmagsalik Eskimo. Meddelelser om Gronland, 1914, 39(1). J. Hall, March 2005'
Event Date 1914
Author: Diana Serediuc

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Context (References)
Thalbitzer, William "Ethnographical sketches from East Greenland", Meddelelser om Gronland, 1914, 39(7):584, Figures 310, 311 (boots).

Event Date 1914
Author: Remke Velden

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Context (References)
Petersen, Robert "East Greenland Before 1950", Handbook of North American Indians, 5 (Arctic), Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1984:639.

Event Date 1984
Author: Diana Serediuc

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Context (References)
Bahnson, Anne "Skin Clothing in Greenland". in Braving the Cold: Continuity and change in Arctic clothing. Leiden, 1997:60-88.
Event Date 1997
Author: Diana Serediuc

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Context (References)
Buijs, Cunera "Developments in Clothing and Identity in Greenland". in Oostin, J.G. and Remie, C. eds. Continuity and change in Inuit and Saami societies Arctic Identities. Leiden, 1999:145-172.
Event Date 1999
Author: Diana Serediuc

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Context (References)
Buijis, Cunera Furs and Fabrics: Transformations, Clothing and Identity in East Greenland. Leiden, 2004.
Event Date 2004
Author: Diana Serediuc

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Description (Physical description)
J. Hall (2005): 'Trousers, for man, outer, extends to knees. Back is 10.0 cm longer than front. Made from sealskin (fjord - see original catalogue card) with the fur to the exterior. Each side of back is made from one piece seamed vertically down centre. Front is made from 8 pieces of same. Two triangular inserts are sewn at centre front; two additional pieces are sewn to the bottom front of each leg. Dark brown dehaired sealskin forms a casing (1.8 cm wide) around upper edge and the bottom of each leg. Ends of dehaired sealskin thong emerge through two holes in each casing. Structural sewing is with sinew (seal - see original catalogue card). Tear in skin right front repaired with sinew stitches. Condition: loss of patches of fur, needs reshaping, holes, two circular impressions on interior of back at waistband suggest previous use of thumb tacks.'
Event Date 3/2005
Author: Remke Velden

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Description (Physical description)
Sealskin trousers for a man. Dark brown dehaired sealskin around upper edge and the bottom of each leg.
Event Date 1/11/2018
Author: Remke Velden

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Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.6032 | Freezing
Event Date 2/10/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan

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Description (Physical description)
Sealskin trousers for men made out of multiple seal skin parts sewn together with white cotton. Straight-legged shaped. Fur lining on the outside. Waistband made out of dehydrated seal skin with a sealskin tie inserted at the back. The hems at both legs are made out of dehydrated sealskin and each have a seal skin tie attached. Multiple 'bold' areas due to hair coming off.
Event Date 19/8/2024
Author: Diana Serediuc