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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.
In the western Arctic, particularly among the Inuvialuit and the Copper Inuit, there is another style of women's parka called the "Mother Hubbard", adapted from the European Mother Hubbard dress. [29] [30] [31] The Inuit version is a full-length, long-sleeved cotton dress with a ruffled hem and a fur-trimmed hood.
The amauti (also amaut or amautik, plural amautiit) [5] is the parka worn by Inuit women of the eastern area of Northern Canada. [6] 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.
Inuit women wearing Mother Hubbard parkas scraping a caribou hide with their ulu knives. Photo from Fifth Thule Expedition, 1921–24. The production of traditional skin garments for everyday use has declined in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries as a result of loss of skills combined with shrinking demand.
The advertising campaign for the collection featured Inuit women as models: throat singer Shina Novalinga, actress Marika Sila and model Willow Allen. [23] Parkas from this collection were displayed at Iqaluit Airport in July 2022 for an exhibit curated by the Culture and Heritage department of the Government of Nunavut. [24]
In North America, this only began to change in the 1980s, with the debut of several notable exhibitions. In 1980, the Winnipeg Art Gallery presented The lnuit Amautik: I like my hood to be full, an exhibit focusing on the women's parka, the amauti; in 2020 another exhibition called Inuk Style featured both historical and contemporary Inuit fashion.