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Garment, collar

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Accession no.: N: 178a
Title: Garment, collar
Description: Garment, collar, fabric. Inughuit. Qaanaaq (Thule), Kalaallit Nunaata Avannaarsua (North Greenland), 1937-1938.
Object type: Garment, collar
Classified name:
Current cultural affiliation: Inughuit
Former cultural affiliation: Polar Eskimo
Current place name: Kalaallit Nunaata Avannaarsua > Qaanaaq
Former place name: North Greenland > Thule
Gender: female
Keyword(s): Collars
Field collection:
Person: hamilton
Organisation: bae
Place: Kalaallit Nunaata Avannaarsua (North Greenland) > Qaanaaq (Thule)
Date: 1937
Number of items: 1
Full description:

Garment, collar: Woman's, sleeveless, extends to mid-chest. Made from white cotton fabric with upstanding collar. Front and back are made from one main piece, open at the centre front. Machine stitched around straight bottom edge, both sides of front opening and arm openings with white cotton thread. Collar is lined with white cotton fabric and overlaid with rectangular panel (41 mm wide) of coarsely woven beige fabric decorated with geometric design of repeated squares and zig zag lines using red and blue thread. Structural sewing by machine using white cotton thread.
Related records:
  • Parka 177 (from register entry)
  • Garment, collar 178 b
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 410; height: ?mm; length: 394; diameter: ?mm; depth: ?mm
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