Clothing from East Greenland V. The manufacture of clothing

The making of clothing was once a task traditionally performed by women in East Greenland. Besides knowledge of the materials used and the methods of processing them, transmitted from generation to generation, the women also used a number of implements that made it possible to produce garments from these materials.


Medina Larsen, using her 'woman's knife' to cut a piece of skin to size.(Photo: Gerti Nooter, 68-2-15-15)

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