Traditional Inuit Clothing

Information on The Inuit of Nunavut - Canada

Joavee Alivakluk, an Inuit hunter from Pangnirtung, dressed for the cold in a fur trimmed parka. 2008

Portrait of Timania Petaulissie, an Inuit woman from Cape Dorset. Baffin Is., Nunavut, Canada. 2002

Aipilik, an Inuit hunter, in fox furs with a Kakivak (Inuit fish spear) & fish. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1993

Inuit hunters eating raw fish (arctic char).They wear caribou skin clothes. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Inuit children of the Taqqaugaq family dressed in caribou skin clothing. Baffin Is., Nunavut, Canada. 1987

A young Inuit girl in fur clothing. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1987

Inuit hunters prepare to haul a dead seal from its breathing hole. Baffin Is. Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Woman with her baby in her amautik talks with a friend in a 4x4. Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada. 2008

Inuit youth wears a pink amautik in a snowstorm, he is babysitting a younger member of the family. Igloolik. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

Kaja Natar, an Inuit girl from Igloolik wearing a parka with a fox fur hood. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

Copper Inuit child with husky. Cambridge Bay. North West Territories. Canada.

William Aupaluktuq, an Inuit hunter from Baker Lake. Nunavut, Canada. 1982

Ikie Naqitarvik, an Inuit hunter from Arctic Bay. Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. 2005

Aakuainuk, dressed in traditional caribou skin clothing, out hunting in the winter.Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Aakuainuk, an Inuit hunter dressed in traditional caribou skin clothing, untangles the traces of his dog team. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Inuit woman with a child in her amautik holds balloons at the Nunavut celebrations. Iqaluit. Nunavut. Canada. 1999

Inuit mother and her children in traditional Baffin Island dress. Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada. 2002

Inuit Hunter, Augustine Taqqaugaq, dressed in traditional fur clothing. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1987

Inuit hunter, Augustine Taqqaugaq, skinning a caribou that he has shot. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1987

Inuit hunter, Tatigat, dressed in caribou skins, sitting on the front of his sled. Igloolik, Canada. 1993

Nutarariaq, an Inuit hunter from Igloolik dressed in traditional caribou skin clothing. Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Inuit hunter, Tom Kudloo on a hunting trip on his snowmobile. Baker Lake. Nunavut. Canadian Arctic. 1982

Tatigat, an Inuit hunter, his breath frozen into his beard. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1993

An Inuit hunter using an Iridium satellite phone on the Melville Peninsula. Nunavut, Canada. 1999

Louis Tepardjuk, dressed in caribou skin clothing, while hunting at the floe edge. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1990

Aipilik, an Inuit hunter, in fox furs with Kakivak (Inuit fish spear) & fish. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1993

David Qaunaq, an Inuit hunter,drives snowscooter over snow covered sea ice near Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. (1995)

Nutarariaq, collects snow to make tea during a hunting trip. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. (1990)

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

Inuit hunter, Augustine Taqqaugaq, skinning a caribou that he has shot. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 1987

Inuit hunter, Augustine Taqqaugaq, in caribou skin clothing, driving a snowmobile. Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. 1987