kamik;
boot
- Museum number
- Am1992,16.31.a-b
- Description
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Pair of kamiks/boots made from scraped seal skin. The legs are made from a single cut of skin seamed vertically up the front. The tops are finished with a hem of cotton denim carrying the woolen draw-string. Vamps and soles are formed from separate cuts of skin, the latter crimped at the toes and heeels.
- Production date
- 1989
- Dimensions
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Height: 36
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Length: 23 centimetres
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Width: 12 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The kamiks were made by Broomfield for Sonny Winters, also of Makkovik. They were then sold to the collector by Sonny's mother, Nellie.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Acquisition notes
- Purchase price of the acquisitions 1992 Am5 and 1992 Am16 was £2047.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1992,16.31.a-b
