Pair of Men's Sunday Boots
Esther Marie Johanne Holm, Greenlandic, 1890 - unknown
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
about 1944
Seal skin, seal fur, and thread
Overall: 14 3/16 × 4 13/16 × 9 5/8 in. (36 × 12.3 × 24.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Joan G. and Trevor Lloyd
159.45.14674
Geography
Place Made: Nuuk, Greenland, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Footwear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 12.11, NAS 30, Arctic Crossroads: Its Peoples, Cultures, and History, William Fitzhugh, Winter 2015
Provenance
Made by Esther Marie Johanne Holm (1890-unknown), Frederik Nielsen's aunt, in Greenland for Professor Trevor Lloyd (1906-1995), Canadian Consul, 1945; given to present collection, 1959.
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