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Accession no.: N: 886
Title: Trousers
Description: Trousers, man's, caribou skin. Iglulingmiut (Iglulik Inuit). Iglulik, Nunavut, Canada, 1936-1937.
Object type: Trousers
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): Trousers
Field collection:
Person: rowley
Place: Canada > Nunavut > Iglulik
Date: 1936
Number of items: 1
Full description:

Trousers: Man's, inner. Calf-length made from caribou skin with the brown hair to the interior. Three pieces of same are sewn around upper edge. Band of same is sewn to bottom of each leg to form a 68 mm wide cuff. U-shaped pocket of cream (originally) canvas is sewn to right side of front. 7 loops of red, blue, green, white and yellow striped fabric are sewn vertically under waistband around front and back. 30 mm wide band of same overlays bottom edge of each cuff. Structural sewing is with sinew and cotton thread.

Dimensions: Image:
  • across hips) Width: 585mm
  • Height: ?mm; length: 860mm; diameter: ?mm; depth: ?mm
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