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| Accession no.: |
N: 241 |
| Title: |
Belt |
| Description: |
Belt. Kitaamiut (West Greenlanders). Kalaallit Nunaata Kitaa (West Greenland), 1921 ?. |
| Object type: |
Belt |
| Classified name: |
| Current cultural affiliation: |
Kilamiut |
| Former cultural affiliation: |
West Greenlanders |
| Current place name: |
Kalaallit Nunaata Kitaa |
| Former place name: |
West Greenland |
| Keyword(s): |
Personal equipment |
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| Field collection: |
| Person: |
seward |
| Place: |
Kalaallit Nunaata Kitaa > West Greenland |
| Date: |
1921 |
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| Number of items: |
1 |
| Full description: |
Belt: Unfinished, rectangular. Made from two pieces of dark brown dehaired seal skin sewn together at the centre with black cotton thread in overcast stitch. Decorated with skin mosaic in geometric motifs of 11 x repeated design of a double-X in cream, green, blue, orange and pink dehaired skin separated by 10 x repeated cross-motifs in cream, pink and blue dehaired skin applied with beige thread. Mosaic is outlined with two parallel strips of cream dehaired skin which follows edge of skin. |
| Dimensions: |
Image:
- Width: 48mm; height: mm; length: 828mm; diameter: mm; depth: mm
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