Eider Skin Garments Used by the Ungava Unuit from the Belcher Islands, Northwest Territories: Construction and Context

• Published in: Clothing and Textiles Research Journal
• Main Author: Oakes, Jill
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 1992
• Subjects: Polymers and Plastics; General Business, Management and Accounting; Materials Science (miscellaneous); Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous); Belcher; Belcher Islands; Northwest Territories; inuit
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0887302x9201000201; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0887302X9201000201

Until recently, ancient skin clothing construction procedures using a variety of mammals, frsh, and birds have been passed down from one generation to the next in Inuit culture. Since about 1890, eider skins have been used for clothing on the Belcher Islands by the Ungava Inuit. Since the 1960'...