kamik;
boot
- Museum number
- Am1992,16.40.a-b
- Description
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Pair of boots/kamiks made of harp seal skin , cotton and wool. Main body of leg is made of one piece of skin - fur out - sewn together with a single vertical seam at the back. A horizontal band of red cotton fabric, carrying a purple wool drawstring, is attached horizontally around the top. The sole and vamp are formed from two sections of scraped seal skin. The sole is crimped at both toe and heel.
- Production date
- 1988
- Dimensions
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Height: 38
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Length: 27 centimetres
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Width: 10.500 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Made for John Terriak of Goose Bay, Nain, a few years before collection.
- 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
- Am1992,16.40.a-b
