A Comparison of Historical and Contemporary Skin Clothing Used in North Greenland: An Ethnohistorical Approach

• Published in: Clothing and Textiles Research Journal
• Main Authors: Oakes, Jill, Riewe, Rick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 1992
• Subjects: Polymers and Plastics; General Business, Management and Accounting; Materials Science (miscellaneous); Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous); Arctic; Greenland; Qaanaaq; North Greenland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0887302x9201000310; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0887302X9201000310

Seamstresses played an integral part in the success of northern hunting and gathering lifestyles by providing functional clothing. Traditional clothing provided more than protection from the harsh arctic environment. It also communicated group identity, gender, age, and status. Changing lifestyles a...