Traditional clothing
The arrival of Holm's expedition, certainly, constituted a kind of beginning for changes in East Greenland society. Nevertheless, there was still no abrupt or radical break with the past. Change came only gradually to affect the garments worn by the Inuit in the various settlements Holm visited along the coast of Greenland. Until far into the twentieth century, researchers and visitors in East Greenland could see the Inuit making, wearing and using traditional clothing they had developed over the previous centuries to suit their living conditions.

Reports written by Holm and other researchers provide us with an image of traditional garments and bodily ornamentation among the men, women and children of East Greenland, such as that given below.

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