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Mukluk. Two pair of sealskin kamiit. Left, winter kamik, right, summer kamik. Mukluks[ 1 ] or kamik (Inuktitut: ᑲᒥᒃ [kaˈmik] [ 2 ]) (singular: ᑲᒪᒃkamak, plural: ᑲᒦᑦkamiit) are soft boots, traditionally made of reindeer (caribou) skin or sealskin, and worn by Indigenous Arctic peoples, including Inuit, Iñupiat, and Yup'ik. [ 3 ]
Inuit clothing. Women's traditional caribou skin outfit with amauti parka, trousers, mitts and long boots with side pouches. The back of the parka has an amaut or pouch for carrying a baby. From Baker Lake, Eskimo Point and Hikoligjuaq, west of Hudson Bay. Collected on 5th Thule Expedition, 1921–1924.
The multi-functional ulu (semilunar woman's knife) is used to process and cut skins for clothing and footwear. Women made most clothing of caribou (wild caribou Rangifer tarandus granti and domestic reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus) and sealskin. Yup’ik clothing tended to fit relatively loosely.
Sámi clothing is clothing used by the Sámi. The style of clothing they use varies among regions and language groups, but there are many common or similar elements. Traditional elements are often included in modern Sámi clothing to signify Sámi identity. [1][2] Elements and outfits (using the Northern Sámi language terms) include:
Fur muffs and stoles were important fashion accessories in this period. Men's-style cravats were sometimes worn by women in 1914. Woman in 1914 wearing a belted, sailor-collared tunic with a tie. Dancer Irene Castle was an early adopter of bobbed hair, 1914; Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia wears a kimono-style dressing gown in 1915 ...
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In Inuit religion, Nanook (/ ˈnænuːk /; Inuktitut: ᓇᓄᖅ[1] [naˈnuq], [2] lit. "polar bear") was the master of bears, meaning he decided if hunters deserved success in finding and hunting bears and punished violations of taboos. [3] The word was popularized by Nanook of the North, the first feature-length documentary. [citation needed]
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