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Description: | large pair, dark brown with wide leg, top had hair to outside, part of a complete suit worn by male, This pair has a blue ribbon threaded through the top but could be Macgregor's other pair, The rest of the suit is missing, Decorated with blue cotton ribb
"The Inuit of Arctic America needed warm, snowproof and windproof clothing to live and work in the sub-zero temperatures that prevail there. For this they used the skins of the animals they hunted for food, such as seal and caribou. They used sinew for thread and bone and tooth ivory for toggles, as well as for needles and bodkins. It was important to have good boots, these were cut out, in three pieces, and sewn by the women, who had to spend much time chewing the edges of the pices of hide before it was sewn together to make it soft enough to pierce with a needle. This is a pair of seal-skin boots, each made from three pieces of hide and sewn with sinew. The hair normally worn to the outside can still be seen on the top strip. They show the wide leg typical of Inuit boots, which was often used as a pocket for keeping useful tools, and the top could be is drawn up by a blue cotton tape threaded through holes in the hide strip sewn to the top edge. They date from the late 19th century and come from Labrador. These boots were the most effective type of footwear in the Arctic, being flexible and giving the wearer good purchase on slippery ice, as well as being warmer than any European boots of the period. They would have a skin sock inside. Boot-making was an art and Inuit women invested many hours in preparing skins and sinew, cutting out and in chewing the hide, even young girls and very old women could do this task. The women also had to dry and soften the men's boots every day."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 2000 Purpose: SCRAN
Field collector: McPherson, Dr John | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Inuit | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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