Description (Labels & Markings)
Label attached to D reads: 'Boots (part of complete outfit). Angmag. Eskimo, Greenland. c.d. Brit. Arctic Exp. 1930-31'. (Transcribed by J. Hall, March 2005)
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: '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

Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: British Arctic Air Route Expedition in 1930; 1931.
Donated by British Arctic Air Route Expedition, per J. Rymill. Needs conservation. Originally displayed with 1933.697 A & B and, therefore, categorized with that outfit; Found: East Greenland; Exhibited: Removed from display case 5, CUMAA anthropology galleries, on 9 7 1986; Collected by: British Arctic Air Route Expedition in 1930; 1931
'Exhibition label reads: "Man wearing. Breeches and boots made of sealskin. Angmagssalik Eskimo 31.1163. B-D. c. & d. British Arctic Air Route Expedition" J. Hall, March 2005'
'(Bib) Petersen, Robert "East Greenland Before 1950", Handbook of North American Indians, 5 (Arctic), Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1984:639.
Thalbitzer, William "Ethnographical sketches from East Greenland", Meddelelser om Gronland, 1914, 39(7):584, Figures 310, 311 (boots)
Bahnson, Anne "Skin Clothing in Greenland". in Braving the Cold: Continuity and change in Arctic clothing. Leiden, 1997:60-88.
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.
Buijis, Cunera Furs and Fabrics: Transformations, Clothing and Identity in East Greenland. Leiden, 2004.
Holm, Gustav Ethnological sketch of the Angmagsalik Eskimo. Meddelelser om Gronland, 1914, 39(1). J. Hall, March 2005'
(Bio) Judy Hall, Curator of Eastern Woodlands and Arctic Ethnology, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
Event Date 15/3/1993
Author: Remke Velden

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

Event Date 15/3/1993
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
J. 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.'
Event Date 3/2005
Author: Remke Velden

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