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sock(?)

Object Type
Museum number: Am1996,03.3.c-d
Description: Pair of boy's socks or duffels of blue wool cloth, with brown inside, with line of blue extending over edge at the top. Going with boots (3.a-b).
Producer name
Production ethnic group: Made by: Inuit; Made by: Arctic Peoples; Made by: Iglulingmiut; Made by: Iglulik
Production date: 1992-1993
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Igloolik Island; Found/Acquired: Melville Peninsula
Materials
Curator's comments: Eth.Doc.1181. Field collection by J.C.H.King. Germaine Immariotok made the boots for her son Kirk when he was 7, at the time of purchase he was 11. The maker called them kamikpak, a term more usually used for socks. (JCK,9/1996). In set with Am1996,03.03.a-b
Location: Not on display
Condition: Fair.
Acquisition date: 1996
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Am1996,03.3.c-d