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: 'C-D: Boots and stockings, one pair. Boots extend to knee with front higher than back. Each is made from dehaired sealskin in two piece construction. A single piece of dark brown sealskin (bearded - see original catalogue card) forms the sole which is turned over the sides and crimped around the heel and above the toes. 4 ridges of cream dehaired sealskin are inserted into the seam between the sole and upper foot; a narrow strip of dehaired dark brown sealskin is inserted through the centre. Upper foot is made from two triangular pieces of dehaired sealskin (fjord - see original catalogue card) on C and one piece on D. Leg section is made from a single piece of same on D and two pieces on C with overlapping vertical seam down front of leg overlaid with 4 narrow parallel strips of cream dehaired seal skin. Band of haired sealskin is sewn around upper edge. Stockings are made from sealskin with the fur to the interior. Band of haired sealskin is sewn around upper edge which extends above the boot. Structural sewing is with sinew.'

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

Event Date 3/2005
Author: Katrina Dring

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)
Pair of boy's boots, with possibly detachable fur lined leggings or stockings. Long boots with leg of brown dehaired seal skin or leather; sole of dark brown bearded seal skin moulded around the foot and gathered where it joins the upper and leg; decorated around the upper with four layers of folded cream, dehaired skin, and at the front of the leg with four strips of cream skin; strip of seal skin with hair around top of boot; stockings of seal skin with fur inside; sewn with sinew.
Event Date 19/8/2024
Author: Katrina Dring

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