The north of Greenland - Thule - early 1900
Come with me to The National Museum - let us see some of the Greenlandic exhibition.
East Greenlandic harpoons - decorated in honourof the animals so that they would let themselves
be caught again and again by the hunters.
Animals loved nice things - and they noticed it
two male anoraks
by Harald Moltke (1871-1960)
women's cuffs - ca. 1900
'Avittat' - smallpieces of skin on woman's boots
the top of a woman's boot
the white ones were for young women
...the red ones for married (elder) womenand
old women used boots that looked like these
but they were dark-bilberry-coloured
Thule, ca. 1900
woman's collar
East Greenlandic water bucket
by Harald Moltke (1871-1960)
3 comments:
I also love the Greenlandic tribute! Happy future Nationhood for them!
Are the boot tops crochet? I ask because my nother crocheted a wonderful tablecloth which seems to be a very similar pattern ... beautiful crafts - I can imagine these filling the long dark hours of wintertime!
Ricka
beautiful post!I said a tillykke for 21 june,on a post before,but have been not sure if today is the important day for Greenland,but now i see it is!Congrats,one more time!
Hi Ricka and Raluca!!!
Thanks for your lovely comments :O))
Yes, the boot top are crochet...sometimes lace is used. These boot tops have been a part of the Greenlandic national costume since the early 20th cent. Some says that crochet/or lace became fashion, because Greenladic women liked the Danish women's undergarments (and they really did!)- and this chrochet top is an imitation of the lace on Danish women's pantalettes!
Making a national costume takes a long, long, long time....often different women make different parts...they are used for a girl's first school day, confirmation, wedding and other major parties....
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