Field Notebook: Greenland 1987a
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in some high colored woolen material usually checked. Around the neck there may be a fur collar or an elaborate beaded piece evincing daniel imitation. This is followed by a skin part usually of seal down to the knee. Vertically down the front of each leg this is a form or five inch wide highly colored or ornamental leather strip. The Kamitz are short and white except the shoes which are dark. Between the Kamitz and the high-shouldered part there is a garment in folds of white linen. Ear rings are usually worn. This costume has many color variations and is worn by two thirds of the women, the other third make no attempt at ornamentation. These are usually the older women. The boys and women make no attempt to look well. Their dress is unembroidered and drifts with the wind while their clothes are those of any other day. They look dirty but by no means so dirty as the Baffin Land natives. On all sides are the dogs and at this time of the year puppies are prolific. At 9 o'clock, the native exchange a fish, a turbot, for ship's bread. They are much pleased