article_snippet.sent: During the 19th century Inuits in Greenland would have entertained polite company in polite company settlements while wearing a thong made of seal fur.
article_snippet.sent: Peter Toft, the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen Greenlandic fur clothing expert, told Ella Morton at Atlas Obscura the underwear would have been worn inside the homes of the Inuit - even in front of guests or when visiting family members.
article_snippet.sent: As soon as the Inuit men left the Inuit men own settlement, the Inuit men put on a pair of long trousers made of seal or polar-bear fur.'
article_snippet.sent: Inuits across the region, and into North America and Siberia, would have also made garments from the skin and fur of reindeer and caribou.
article_snippet.sent: When Europeans arrived in East Greenland from the end of the 19th century Europeans introduced new materials, and modern-day garments are often a mixture of old techniques and newer fabrics.