Inuit Women's Knowledge of Bird Skins and its Application in Clothing Construction, Sanikiluaq, Nunavut

This article is based upon a project carried out with the Qikirtamiut, Inuit of the Belcher Islands (Sanikiluaq, Nunavut), to reconstruct a woman's child-carrying coat (amaqusik/ made from the skins of the Common Eider (Somateria mollissimaj. The Qikirtamiut, and in particular Qikirtamiut women...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nakashima, Douglas
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Material Culture Review / Revue de la culture matérielle 2002
Subjects:
Belcher
Belcher Islands
Nunavut
Sanikiluaq
Common Eider
inuit
inuits
Online Access:https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17936

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