Context (Other)
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).
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Field collection)
Found: East Greenland; Collected by: British Arctic Air Route Expedition in 1930; 1931



Event Date 1930
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1931.1162 A-D: 'Complete outfit of clothing of a boy. Consisting of A: upper garment, worn with hair next to skin. B: breeches, with fur worn outside. C & D: long boots, with separate inner ones. The entire outfit including boots except the soles of boots are made from fjord sealskin; the soles of bearded sealskin. The sinews are from the two bigger varieties of seals. The white fur is of fox. The ornamental white leather is blackened by continually freezing and thawing of fjord seal.'

Event Date 1931
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Judy Hall: 'Trousers, outer, extends to knees. Slightly pointed back is 10.0 cm longer than curved front. Made from sealskin (fjord - see original catalogue card) with the fur to the exterior in basically 6 piece construction. A single piece forms each side of the back seamed vertically at the centre; each side of front is made from two pieces of same with two rectangular pieces sewn down centre. Additional smaller pieces are sewn around the bottom of each leg. Dark brown dehaired sealskin forms a casing (1.4 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). Tears in skin on legs repaired with sinew stitches. Condition: loss of fur, crease where folded in half lengthways, four circular impressions on back at waistband suggest previous use of thumb tacks.'

[Judy Hall, Curator of Eastern Woodlands and Arctic Ethnology, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.]

Event Date 3/2005
Author: Katrina Dring

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

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

Description (Physical description)
Outer trousers that extend to knees made from fjord seal skin. One of the top edges is higher than the other; made from six pieces of seal skin sewn together; trim of dark brown dehaired seal skin around upper edge and the bottom of each leg creating a casing; ends of dehaired seal skin thong emerge through two holes in each section of trim. Tears in skin on legs repaired with sinew stitches.
Event Date 20/8/2024
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller