Clothing from East Greenland V. The manufacture of clothing

Needles
Until the beginning of trade with European whalers and colonists, women in Greenland used only needles made of bone or ivory. After the arrival of Europeans, iron needles were introduced. The women of East Greenland usually stuck them into a triangular piece of leather.


RMV 4458-78

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