Clothing

Information on Walrus & Arctic Seals

Sofie Jensen, a young Inuit woman, dressed in traditional sealskin clothing. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland. 2008

Kaugunak Qissuk pulls on his kamik in his tent while out hunting. Northwest Greenland. 1977

Arnaruluk Aladaq, an Inuit woman, sewing a pair of sealskin Kamik (boots), seal skin boots. Moriussaq. Northwest Greenland. (1980)

Eqilana Simigaq, an Inuit woman, carries her son in a sealskin amaut (hooded jacket).Qeqertat, Northwest Greenland. 1980

Inuit hunter in polar bear pants & seal skin Kamik rests in tent, whilst on a hunting trip. N.W.Greenland. 1980

Louis Tepardjuk, drags a dead seal while out hunting at the floe edge. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

An Inuit girl, Sofie Jensen, warmly dressed in a fox fur hooded jacket (kapataq) and long sealskin kamik (boots). Thule, N.W. Greenland. 1987

Augustine Taqqaugaqn an Inuit hunter, dressed in caribou skin clothing & sealskin kamik (boots). Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1987

Inuit hunter, Nukagpianguaq, skinning a seal he has caught in Inglefield Bay. He wears sealskin kamik (boots). Qeqertat, Thule, Northwest Greenland. 1980

Inuit family out spring fishing on the sea ice. Northwest Greenland. 1980

Inuit woman, Saufak Kiviok, in a hunting hut, helps her son take off sealskin kamik (boots). Thule, Northwest Greenland. 1980

Inuit hunter, Jakob Petersen, wearing polar bear pants and sealskin kamik (boots), with some fish (sculpin) he has caught through the ice. Northwest Greenland. 1980

Inuit hunter, Qaavigannguaq lights a Primus stove to make tea during a rest on a Spring seal hunt. He wears polar bear pants & sealskin kamik (boots). Moriussaq, Northwest Greenland. 1980

Inuit hunter, Qaavigannguaq Qissuk, dressed in furs and travelling by dog sled. He wears a caribou skin jacket, polar bear pants and sealskin kamik (boots). Avanersuaq, Northwest Greenland. 1980

Kigutikaarjuk, an Inuit hunter with dead seal which has been shot at its breathing hole. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Simon Eliassen, an Inuit hunter, dressed in traditional polar bear trousers and boots, seal hunting at the floe edge near Cape York. Savissivik, Northwest Greenland. 1998

Arnanguaq Qujaukitsok,a young Inuit girl dressed in traditional winter clothing. Thule, NW Greenland. 1998

Inuit haul a floe edge boat out, after seal hunting at the ice edge in frost smoke. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Sofie Jensen, a young Inuit woman, dressed in traditional sealskin clothing. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland. 2008

Sofie Jensen, a young Inuit woman, dressed in traditional sealskin clothing. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland. 2008

Sofie Jensen, a young Inuit woman, dressed in traditional sealskin clothing. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland. 2008

Arnaruluk Aladaq, an Inuit woman, sewing a pair of sealskin Kamik (boots), seal skin boots. Moriussaq. Northwest Greenland. (1980)

Ragelle Agnkok, an Inuit woman from Qikiqtarjuaq softening a sealskin in her home. Nunavut, Canada. 2002

Louis Tepardjuk, drags a dead seal while out hunting at the floe edge. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Watched by his wife Annie, Kigutikaarjuk drags a seal he has shot up onto the ice. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Young Inuit woman wearing sealskin kamik. Northwest Greenland.

Inuit grandmother, Patdlunguaq carries Peter, in a seakskin Amaut (hooded jacket). Qeqertat, Northwest Greenland. (1980)

White and blue foxskins, and sealskins, taken by Inuit hunters. Northwest Greenland. 1980

Detail from a traditional Inuit Amaut (hooded sealskin jacket).Thule, N.W.Greenland. 1998

Eqilana Simigaq, an Inuit woman, carries her son in a sealskin amaut (hooded jacket).Qeqertat, Northwest Greenland. 1980

Eqilana Simigaq, an Inuit woman, carries her son Peter in a sealskin Amaut (traditional hooded jacket) at Qeqertat. Inglefield Bredening. Northwest Greenland. (1980)

Theresia Taqqaugaq, an Inuit woman from Igloolik chews on a piece of Bearded sealskin to soften it. It will be used as a sole for Kamik (boots), Nunavut, Canada. (19870

Teresia Taqqaugaq, an Inuit woman, cuts a piece of sealskin to make Kamik (boots).Nunavut, Canada. 1987