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Vessel, Birch Bark50/7133
Pair Of BootsE7724-0

From card: "Deer skin."This object is listed, but not described or analyzed, in Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/280 , retrieved 2-10-2020. General information on footwear is available here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/23: Warm, dry footwear is essential for survival in the Arctic. The MacFarlane Collection includes examples of knee-length boots known as kamaks, and ankle high moccasin-type footwear. These garments have been skillfully made, and often were decorated by piecing together contrasting pieces of skin. The soles are crimped along the front edges to make the shape conform to the foot.

Culture
Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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LabretE5817-0

FROM CARD: "ILLUS., HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 5, ARCTIC, PG. 355, FIG. 9. LABRET OF IVORY MOUTH PIECE WITH 2 BLUE BEADS ATTACHED WITH WOODEN DOWELS."Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/279 , retrieved 1-24-2020: Labret made of ivory with two glass beads attached by means of wood dowels inserted into holes drilled into the body of the labret and the beads. A third hole in the labret may have been intended to hold a similar bead and dowel. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/35: Inuvialuit males wore stud-shaped ornaments in incisions under each corner of the mouth. Labrets were often decorated by attaching half of a bead to the outer surface.

Culture
Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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