Ethnographical collections from East Greenland. 



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skin (unhaired). From the southern part of West Greenland the same 

 is described by Hans Egede, who states that it is used in the fjords 

 in the winter and made white above in order not to frighten the 

 seals ^). The man first creeps into the lower part, the skirt {akiwili- 

 saq), which is secured round the man-hole, then he puts on the 

 kiapeen "the jacket for the upper part of the body" and draws the 



a 



Fig. 301. Running strings in the edgings of bear skin breeches for lacing 

 round the hips (a) and legs [b) of the man. (Thalbitzer coll.). 



skin-braces (uätceetä) over his shoulders and secures them by the 

 buttons on the front part of the skirt (cf. also figs. 102 and 299 a — b). 

 Since Holm's expedition in 1884—1885 the Ammassalikers have 

 adopted the South Greenland kaiak-skirt and the old shape is seen 

 no more. This had a triangular flap behind, with the point up- 

 wards and fitted close to the body when the brace was tightened. 



1) Egede (1741) p. 73, note. 



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