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Trace

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Accession no.: N: 130b
Title: Trace
Description: Trace, dog. Kitaamiut (West Greenlanders). Illorsuit, Ubekendt Ejland, Uummannap kommunea (Uummannaq District), Kalaallit Nunaata Kitaa (West Greenland), 1938.
Object type: Trace
Classified name:
Current cultural affiliation: Kilamiut
Former cultural affiliation: West Greenlanders
Current place name: Kalaallit Nunaata Kitaa > Uummannap kommunea > Ubekendt Ejland > Illorsuit
Former place name: West Greenland > Uummannaq District > Ubekendt Island > Igdlorssuit
Keyword(s): Traces
Field collection:
Person: carmichael
Organisation: cwge
Place: Kalaallit Nunaata Kitaa (West Greenland) > Uummannap kommunea (Uummannaq District) > Ubekendt Ejland > Illorsuit (Igdlorsssuit)
Date: 1938
Number of items: 1
Full description:

Trace, dog: Line is made of dehaired dark brown seal skin. One end of line is threaded and looped through holes in pointed ivory (walrus - from register entry) toggle. Opposite end is threaded and spliced through hole in tear-drop shaped bone (whale - from register entry) toggle.

Related records:
  • 125 b (harness)
Dimensions: Image:
  • at widest point) Width: 15mm
  • Height: ?mm; length: 4380mm; diameter: ?mm; depth: ?mm