Copper and Caribou Inuit Skin Clothing Production (Canadian Museum of Civilization Mercury Series)
Publisher: Canadian Museum Of Civilization
Published: January 1992
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780660129099
Subjects: Canada - General; Native American Anthropology; History - General History; History: World
Description: This study of caribou skin clothing made by Inuit seamstresses in Coppermine, Bathurst Inlet, Cambridge Bay and Arviat, Northwest Territories, includes information collected from seamstresses as the author constructed skin clothing under their direction, and a comparison of garments made by Copper and Caribou Inuit as well as by Paallirmiut and Ahiarmiut groups. The text includes numerous clothing patterns, for parkas, mittens, stockings, pants anboots, a list of Inuit clothing terminology, an extensive bibliography and a map.