Ethnographical collections from East Greenland. 



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toggles is passed over 

 the left shoulder 

 through a bone ring 

 or buckle to prevent 

 the lower part of the 

 frock from forming a 

 fold, in which the 

 water would other- 

 wise collect. In the 

 specimen used for the 

 illustration here the 

 brace and the laces 

 are missing; but two 

 braces of this kind are 

 seen in fig. 42 bottom 

 (p. 115) cf. figs. 335— 

 337, 340. 



The double or com- 

 bined kaiak-frock con- 

 sisting of two half- 

 frocks (figs. 299 a and 

 b) is used when the 

 weather is good, i. e. 

 not rough or stormy 

 or when there might 

 be danger of capsiz- 

 ing. Glahn *) men- 

 tions however only 

 the lower part, which 

 is made fast round the 

 rim of the man-hole 

 and is kept up by 

 means of braces slung 

 over the man's shoul- 

 ders; further, they 

 use loose half-sleeves 

 tied round the wrist 

 and above the elbow. 

 At Ammassalik the 

 upper part is a real 

 dress, though very 

 stumpy, made of white 



1) Glahn (1771) pp. 189- 

 190. 

 XXXIX. 



Fig. 299 b. Combined kaiak dress, back view. 

 (Holm coll.). Vio. 



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