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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.
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.
Fancy parka (atkupiaq sg atkupiak dual atkupiat pl, literally "real parka, genuine parka") is a fur parka made of ground squirrel, muskrat or mink pelts with traditional fancy decorations (such as one style that has a band across the chest area and eight tassels hanging front and back). The tassels, it is said, represent fingers.
Ideally, the best parkas for men should cost no less than $200, and if you live in an area with harsh winter conditions, splurging on a parka that runs up to $1,000 or more is a wise choice, since ...
Two pair of sealskin kamiit. Left, winter kamik, right, summer kamik. Mukluks [1] or kamik (Inuktitut: ᑲᒥᒃ [2]) (singular: ᑲᒪᒃ kamak, plural: ᑲᒦᑦ kamiit) are soft boots, traditionally made of reindeer (caribou) skin or sealskin, and worn by Indigenous Arctic peoples, including Inuit, Iñupiat, and Yup'ik.
The program was successful, but raised concerns that traditional Inuit clothing pieces, especially the woman's parka or amauti, might be appropriated and genericized by non-Inuit, in the same way that Inuit cultural developments like kayaks, parkas, and to some extent even kamiit have.