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

Event Date
Author: Remke Velden

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Description (Labels & Markings)
Label attached to D reads: 'Boots (part of complete outfit). Angmag. Eskimo, Greenland. c.d. Brit. Arctic Exp. 1930-31'.
Event Date
Author: Diana Serediuc

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Context (Field collection)
Found: East Greenland.
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 (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1931.1163 A-D reads: '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)
Thalbitzer, William "Ethnographical sketches from East Greenland", Meddelelser om Gronland, 1914, 39(7):584, Figures 310, 311 (boots).
Event Date 1914
Author: Diana Serediuc

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Context (Field collection)
Collected by: British Arctic Air Route Expedition in 1930; 1931.
Event Date 1930
Author: Diana Serediuc

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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 (Display)
Exhibited: Removed from display case 5, CUMAA anthropology galleries, on 9 7 1986.
Event Date 9/7/1986
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)
Judy Hall (2005): 'Boots and stockings, one pair, for man. Boots extend to knee with front slightly longer than back. Each is made from dehaired sealskin in two piece construction. A single piece of sealskin (bearded - original catalogue card) forms the sole which is turned over the sides and crimped around the foot. 5 ridges of white dehaired sealskin are inserted into the seam between the sole and upper foot; two ridges are decorated with equidistantly spaced stitches of black sealskin. Leg section and upper foot are made from a single piece of sealskin (fjord - original catalogue card) with overlapping edge down centre front and upper foot decorated with four parallel wavy rows of white dehaired sealskin. Band of beige haired sealskin is sewn around straight upper edge. Structural sewing and applique are with sinew. Stockings are each made from sealskin with the fur to the interior. Band of same is sewn around the straight upper edge which extends 1.2 cm (on C) and 2.5 cm (on D) above top of boot. Tears on boot C and stocking D repaired with sinew. Condition: skin on sole scraped, needs reshaping, patches of fur missing, holes in stocking C.'

[Judy Hall, Curator of Eastern Woodlands and Arctic Ethnology, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, March 2005.]
Event Date 3/2005
Author: Remke Velden

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Context (Display)
Exhibition label reads: "Man wearing. Breeches and boots made of sealskin. Angmagssalik Eskimo 31.1163. B-D. c. & d. British Arctic Air Route Expedition."
Event Date 4/2005
Author: Diana Serediuc

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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 4/2005
Author: Remke Velden

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Description (Physical description)
One of a pair of dehaired sealskin boots or stockings for a man. Boot extends to knee.
Event Date 1/11/2018
Author: Remke Velden

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Context (Amendments / updates)
The Cultural Group field previously read 'Angmagssalik Eskimo' based on the catalogue card. 'Inuit; Tunumiit (East Kalaallit); Ammassalimmiut' were added at an unknown time. This field has now been updated to reflect the names used in Lincoln, A., Cooper, J., and Loovers, J. P. L. (2020) Arctic: Culture and Climate. London: Thames and Hudson and The British Museum, pp.10-11.
Event Date 14/8/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan

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Description (Physical description)
One pair of knee length boots with stockings inside made out of dehydrated shaved seal skin. 1931.1163 C: The outer layer is made out of shaved dehydrated seal skin with a vertical central wave like decoration piece made out of hide. The sole is made out of darkened seal skin with white stripes around the ankle decorated with black vertical fabric. The inner layer, stocking, is made out of seal skin hide with the fur on the inside. The hem for both is made out of seal skin with a hair strip. 1931.1163 D: The outer layer is made out of shaved dehydrated seal skin with a vertical central wave like decoration piece made out of hide. The sole is made out of darkened seal skin with white stripes around the ankle decorated with black vertical fabric. The inner layer, stocking, is made out of seal skin hide with the fur on the inside. The hem for both is made out of seal skin with a hair strip.
Event Date 19/8/2024
Author: Diana Serediuc

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Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.6013 | Freezing
Event Date 2/9/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan