Context (References)
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)

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Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller

Context (Related Documents)
Label attached to object reads: ""31.1164 A-D Unmarried girls' dress. Angmagssalik"



Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1931.1164 A-D: 'Complete outfit of an unmarried girl. For make etc see Index Card [19]31.1162. The cord in front marked A is for tying round to keep the baby from slipping down the back - as girls carry babies as well as their mothers.'

Event Date
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller

Context (Related Documents)
'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]. J. Hall, March 2005'
Event Date
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller

Context (Field collection)
'Collected on the British Arctic Air Route Expedition to Greenland, 1930-31. See bibliography. J. Hall, March 2005'
Event Date
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller

Description (Physical description)
C and D: Pair of tall leather boots, fur lined. The top of the boot is decorated with white fur, while the inside of the boot is lined with dark brown/black fur. There is white/light coloured leather trim along the front seam of the leg and around the leg opening, as well as just above the sole of the boot.
Event Date 9/12/2004
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller

Description (Physical description)
Description by Judy Hall: 'Boots and stockings, one pair. Boots extend to knee with back higher than front and V-shaped front edge. Each is made from dehaired sealskin. 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 white dehaired sealskin are inserted into the seam between the sole and upper foot; a narrow strip of dark brown dehaired sealskin is inserted through the centre. Leg section and upper foot are made from three pieces of dehaired sealskin on C and 4 pieces on D. Vertical seam down front of leg is overlaid with a narrow strip of white dehaired seal skin; upper edge is decorated with two parallel bands of white dehaired sealskin. 5 fringes of white dehaired sealskin are inserted into seam around upper edge (2 missing on D). Band of white fox? fur is sewn around upper edge. Dehaired white sealskin thong is sewn to interior of upper edge on D only. Stockings are made from sealskin with the fur to the interior. Upper edge is overlaid with a strip of white fox? fur which extends above the boot. Structural sewing is with sinew and thread.'

(Bio) Judy Hall, Curator of Eastern Woodlands and Arctic Ethnology, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
Event Date 3/2005
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Cultural Group field previously read 'Angmagsalik 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 boots, with possibly detachable fur lined leggings or stockings. Knee-high boots with shaft of brown dehaired seal skin; V-shaped top edge at the front; sole of dark brown skin, possibly bearded seal, moulded around the foot and gathered where it joins the upper; upper, leg, and top edge decorated with strips of white seal skin; white hair around opening, likely arctic fox; stockings of seal skin with fur inside, trimmed with white hair, likely arctic fox; leather thongs hang from top of each boot.
Event Date 19/8/2024
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller

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