Woman's Boots And Socks "Kamiks"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 May 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1927 to 1928
name: label: Collector
content: Paul Oscanyan
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Astrid F. Oscanyan
label: Donor Name
content: Paul Oscanyan
notes: label: Notes
content: PAIR OF BOOTS MADE OF RED DYED DEPILATED SEALSKIN. CUFFS AT TOP OF BOOTS ARE WHITE DYED DEPILATED SEALSKIN. ABOVE THIS WHITE CUFF IS A CUFF OF SEALSKIN & FUR THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SOCKS WHICH GO WITH THESE BOOTS. THE BOOTS HAVE BROWN SOLES SURROUNDED BY A WHITE STRIP OF SEALSKIN. FROM THE TOE TO THE KNEE IS A PANEL OF AVIGTAT EMBROIDERY: WHITE, GREEN & YELLOW DYED SKIN STRIPS, BOUND BY TWO LONG WHITE STRIPS. AT KNEE THE STRIP IS V-SHAPED W/ TWO WHITE STRIPES BORDERING AVIGTAT EMBROIDERY. ACCORDING TO KAALUND'S ART OF GREENLAND: "WITH MARRIED WOMEN,THE KAMIKS ARE LONG, RED, AND WITH EMBROIDERY PARALLEL TO THE SHINBONE AND AROUND THE KNEECAP INSERT." LONG RED KAMIKS ARE SEWN FOR WEDDINGS (PG.147). PAIR SEALSKIN REMOVABLE SOCKS WITH FUR INSIDE, ORIGINIALLY MADE W/ CUFF OF DARK SEALSKIN FUR AT TOP. THIS HAS BEEN REMOVED AND SEWN ON RED BOOTS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: West Coast Of Greenland, West Greenland, Greenland
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, West Greenland Inuit / Kalaallit
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356736
label: USNM Number
content: E424728-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Boot / Sock
physicalDescription: label: Height - Sole
content: 58 cm
label: Length - Sole
content: 23 cm
label: Height - Sole
content: 57 cm
label: Length - Sole
content: 21 cm