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| Accession no.: |
N: 189 |
| Title: |
Sprayskirt |
| Description: |
Sprayskirt made of seal skin, used in kayak. Tunumiit (East Greenlanders). Tasiilaq (Ammassalik), Kalaallit Nunaata Tunua (East Greenland), 1930-1933. |
| Object type: |
Sprayskirt |
| 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): |
Sprayskirts |
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| Field collection: |
| Person: |
riley |
| Organisation: |
baare |
| Place: |
Kalaallit Nunaata Tunu (East Greenland) > Tasiilaq (Ammassalik, Angmassalik) |
| Date: |
1930 |
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| Number of items: |
1 |
| Full description: |
Sprayskirt: Used in kayak. Made from two main pieces of dark brown dehaired seal skin seamed down centre back and one side. Rectangular strip of cream dehaired seal skin is sewn to upper edge to form a 29 mm wide band. Front is longer than back. Bottom edge is turned to the interior to form a casing. Dehaired seal skin thong is threaded through casing emerging through hole at centre front. A narrow strip |
| Dimensions: |
Image:
- Width: mm; height: 390mm; length: mm; diameter: mm; depth: mm
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