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Belt; bag

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Accession no.: N: 182
Title: Belt; bag
Description: Belt, cartridge and bag. Tunumiit (East Greenlanders). Tasiilaq (Ammassalik), Kalaallit Nunaata Tunua (East Greenland), 1931. Belt is made from dark brown dehaired seal skin backed with blue and beige checked fabric. Edges are bound with cream dehaired seal skin. Each end is overlaid with rectangular panel of dehaired seal skin dyed red edged with cream dehaired seal skin secured to form 19 ridges
Object type: Belt; bag
Classified name:
Current cultural affiliation: Tunumiit
Former cultural affiliation: East Greenlanders
Cultural subgroup: ammassalimmiut
Current place name: Kalaallit Nunaata Tunu > Tasiilaq
Former place name: East Greenland > Ammassalik (Angmassalik)
Keyword(s): Hunting equipment
Field collection:
Person: riley
Organisation: baare
Place: Kalaallit Nunaata Tunu (East Greenland) > Tasiilaq (Ammassalik, Angmassalik)
Date: 1931
Number of items: 1
Full description: [No description available.]
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