sock
- Museum number
- Am1996,03.2.c-d
- Description
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Pair of socks, alersak, [going with boots (2.a-b)], made of white woollen (?) blanket, with red and blue embroidered flowers.
- Production date
- 1994-1995
- Dimensions
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Height: 41 centimetres (c)
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Height: 39 centimetres (d)
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Width: 10 centimetres (c)
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Width: 10 centimetres (d)
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Depth: 24 centimetres (c)
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Depth: 25 centimetres (d)
- Curator's comments
- Eth.Doc.1181. Field collection by J.C.H.King. Leonie Qrunnut obtained the boots from Arctic Bay in the Autumn of 1995, and she wore them through the winter. She made the socks to go with them. (JCK,9/1996).
In set with Am1996,03.02.a-b
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2001 15 Feb-27 May, BM Room 35; Annuraaq: Arctic Clothing from Igloolik
2020-2021 October-Feb, London, BM, Arctic: culture and climate
- Condition
- Fair.
- Acquisition date
- 1996
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1996,03.2.c-d
