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  2. Bearded seal - Wikipedia

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    The bearded seal is unique in the subfamily Phocinae in having two pairs of teats, a feature it shares with monk seals. Bearded seals reach about 2.1 to 2.7 m (6.9 to 8.9 ft) in nose-to-tail length and from 200 to 430 kg (441 to 948 lb) in weight. [5] The female seal is larger than the male, meaning that they are sexually dimorphic.

  3. Tupiq - Wikipedia

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    Inuit family with Malamute outside a tupik, ca. 1915. The tupiq [1] (dual: tupiik, [2] plural: tupiit, [3] Inuktitut syllabics: ᑐᐱᖅ [4]) is a traditional Inuit tent made from seal [5] or caribou [6] skin. An Inuk was required to kill five to ten ugjuk [1] [7] (bearded seals) to make a sealskin tent.

  4. Yupʼik clothing - Wikipedia

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    Bearded seal Erignathus barbatus (maklak sg makliik dual makliit pl in Yup'ik and Cup'ik, maklag in Cup'ig) is the best-known species of the seals living in the all Eskimo (Yupik and Inuit) regions. For Yup'ik hunters, bearded seals were the seal of choice. Bearded seals were widely considered the best seal for meat.

  5. Mukluk - Wikipedia

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    The word mukluk is of Yup'ik origin, from maklak, the bearded seal, while kamik is an Inuit word. Three-layer winter footwear system. Left to right, short inner slipper, inner (fur inwards), outer (fur outwards).

  6. Inuit clothing - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Inuit clothing is a ... depending on the number of layers and the size of ... Of the four Arctic seals, the ringed seal and the bearded seal are ...

  7. Umiak - Wikipedia

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    Umiak in Barrow, Alaska. The umiak, umialak, umiaq, umiac, oomiac, oomiak, ongiuk, or anyak [1] is a type of open skin boat, used by the Yupik and Inuit, and was originally found in all coastal areas from Siberia to Greenland.

  8. Yupʼik cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Bearded seal Erignathus barbatus (maklak sg makliik dual makliit pl in Yup'ik and Cup'ik, maklag in Cup'ig) is the best-known species of the seals living in the all Eskimo (Yupik and Inuit) regions. For Yup'ik hunters, bearded seals were the seal of choice. Bearded seals were widely considered the best seal for meat. The blubber was rendered ...

  9. List of mammals of Nunavut - Wikipedia

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    The Inuit name or spelling may differ from one region to another and in extreme cases from one community to another. ... Bearded seal. Bearded seal (ᐅᒡᔪᒃ ...