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2. Parka - Wikipedia

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   The original snorkel parka (USAF N-3B parka, which is 3/4 length and has a full, attached hood; the similar N-2B parka is waist-length and has an attached split hood) was developed in the United States during the early 1950s for military use, mainly for flight crews stationed in extremely cold areas. It was designed for use in areas with ...

3. Yupʼik clothing - Wikipedia

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   The tengqucuk is a tip of parka hood; the kak’acuk is a pompon on tip of parka hood or hat; the kakauyaq is a decoration at the crown of the hood of a young woman's traditional Yup’ik parka that consists of strands of red, black, and, white beads or strips of calfskin; the menglairun is a strip of fur between the ruff and hood of a parka. [3]

4. Inuit clothing - Wikipedia

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   From Baker Lake, Eskimo Point and Hikoligjuaq, west of Hudson Bay. Collected on 5th Thule Expedition, 1921–1924 Modern women's parka created by Inuk designer Victoria Kakuktinniq, 2021. The body of the parka is made from synthetic waterproof fabric, with silver fox fur trim on the hood and sealskin trim on the hem and cuffs.

5. Amauti - Wikipedia

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   The amauti (also amaut or amautik, plural amautiit) [1] is the parka worn by Inuit women of the eastern area of Northern Canada. [2] Up until about two years of age, the child nestles against the mother's back in the amaut, the built-in baby pouch just below the hood. The pouch is large and comfortable for the baby.

6. Extended Cold Weather Clothing System - Wikipedia

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   The parka – which is a particularly popular component – is characterized by a cobra hood (which fits over a combat helmet) with woven nylon drawstring adjustable pulls and an attachment piece that allows fastening of a fur ruff (early models of the parka lacked this attachment piece). There is a two-way, full-front slide fastener to provide ...

7. History of Inuit clothing - Wikipedia

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   Thule-era ivory figurines collected in Igloolik in 1939 show the large hoods characteristic of the amauti, as well as the rounded tails of women's parkas. [11] Occasionally, scraps of frozen skin garments or even whole garments are found at archaeological sites. It can be difficult to determine the era of origin owing to the delicacy of these ...