The Preservation of Inuit Clothing Collected during the Fifth Thule Expedition (1921–24)

• Main Authors: Lars Carlsen, Anders Feldthus, Anne Lisbeth Schmidt
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Key words; Inuit; clothing; skin preparation; tanning; seal; caribou; fatty acid; preservation; Fifth Thule Expedition; Greenland; Qilakitsoq; Arctic; inuit; Phoca hispida; Rangifer tarandus; ringed seal; Thule
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.501.8975; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic48-4-333.pdf

ABSTRACT. Preparation procedures as well as ordinary use apparently cause changes in the appearance of Inuit skin clothing. These changes may alter the inherent properties of skin, such as fatty acid composition and shrinkage temperature. The present paper describes studies of fatty acid distributio...