Museum catalogue: Arctic Material Culture Collection
Dog harness
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Accession no.: | N: 130a | ||||||
Title: | Dog harness | ||||||
Description: | Harness, dog. Kitaamiut (West Greenlanders). Illorsuit, Ubekendt Ejland, Uummannap kommunea (Uummannaq District), Kalaallit Nunaata Kitaa (West Greenland), 1938. | ||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||
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Dog. Made from two loops of dehaired skin tied together at the back with skin thong. One cross-strap of same is threaded and tied through slits at right angles; another cross-strap is sewn to each side with brown thread. Dehaired seal skin thong is threaded and spliced through loop at the back of the harness. Opposite end forms a loop secured with brown thread. |
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