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Accession no.: |
N: 244b |
Title: |
Doll |
Description: |
Doll, woman. Kitaamiut (West Greenlanders). Uummannaq, Kalaallit Nunaata Kitaa (West Greenland), 1928-1929 ? |
Classified name: |
Current cultural affiliation |
Kilamiut
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Former cultural affiliation |
West Greenlanders
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Current place name |
Kalaallit Nunaata Kitaa > Uummannaq
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Former place name |
West Greenland > Umanak
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Getty AAT |
Dolls
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Field collection: |
Person |
hutchison |
Place |
Kalaallit Nunaata Kitaa (West Greenland) > Uummannaq |
Date |
1928 |
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Number of items: |
1 |
Full description: |
Woman. Made of beige cotton fabric; stuffing unknown. Eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth are applied with blue thread. Hair of cream fibre? is wound into a knot at the top of the head and secured with a wrapping of cream and blue thread. She is wearing a waist-length shirt with upstanding collar of printed red, green and cream floral fabric. Band (12 mm wide) of blue fabric overlays straight bottom edge. Calf-length trousers are made from dark blue coarsely woven wool fabric over a grey fabric lining. Trousers are decorated with vertical strip of red dehaired seal skin overlaid with strip of white and light blue dehaired seal skin. Knee-high boots are each made from a single piece of pink dehaired seal skin seamed vertically down centre front and under foot. Band of black velvet around straight upper edge of left boot; missing from right boot. Structural sewing is with white cotton thread.
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Dimensions: |
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Width: 115mm, height: 145mm, length: 217mm
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