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| Accession no.: |
N: 796a-b |
| Title: |
Stocking |
| Description: |
Stockings, one pair, outer, man's, caribou skin. Iglulingmiut (Iglulik Inuit). Iglulik, Nunavut, Canada, 1939. Worn with shoes, 797 a-b. |
| Object type: |
Stocking |
| Classified name: |
| Current cultural affiliation: |
Iglulingmiut |
| Former cultural affiliation: |
Iglulik Eskimo |
| Current place name: |
Canada > Nunavut > Iglulik |
| Former place name: |
Canada > Northwest Territories > Igloolik |
| Gender: |
male |
| Keyword(s): |
Stockings |
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| Field collection: |
| Person: |
rowley |
| Place: |
Canada > Nunavut > Iglulik |
| Date: |
1939 |
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| Number of items: |
2 |
| Full description: |
Stockings: One pair, man's, outer, knee-length. Each is made from caribou skin with the brown and cream fur to the exterior. Foot portion is made from several pieces of caribou skin (identified as deer skin - documentation). Leg section is made from vertical strips of same. Upper edge is turned to the interior to form a casing. Braided sinew tie is threaded through casing emerging through two holes at back. Structural sewing is with sinew. |
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| Dimensions: |
Image:
- back of heel to top) Height: 440mm
- Diameter: mm; depth: mm
- sole) Length: 290mm
- upper edge) Width: 265mm
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