Baby's Cap made for Hugh Glassco Lloyd
Unidentified Kalaallit (West Greenlandic Inuit) maker
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
1945
Tanned hide with white seal fur (from unborn seal) on the outside, lined with printed cotton cloth
Overall: 5 9/16 in. (14.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Hugh Lloyd, son of Trever Lloyd
159.8.14386
Geography
Place Made: Nuuk, Greenland, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Headwear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Provenance
Made for Hugh Glassco Lloyd, son of Dartmouth Professor Trevor Lloyd (1906-1995), Canadian Consul in Greenland, 1945; given to present collection, 1959.
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