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Inuits

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This document is an engraving made by Levi Qumaluk, an inuit artist. It shows the division of tasks between men and women. At the bottom. The man stands near the oven in which he prepares the wood to give them the framework of the kayak; while the woman with the knife prepare the fishes caught. They are surrouned by all the elements essential to live in the Far North: kayak, sled, harpoon, male knife (the savik) and of course the dog, who watches over the encampment. Furthermore, the dog was essential as a transportation method: for  example the sled moves with the help of dogs. It is constructed with animal bones and woods attaches with skin strap so that it doesn’t break. The sled has to be lighy to be pushed by twelve dogs! What is also interesting it’s the fact that if the men are lost, the dogs know how to find the way home.

I chose this document because it is important to know how was the Inuits way of life and what are their strategies to survive in a such cold land without any form of technology...

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In the background of this photo we can see that this “room” is actually an igloo!. In the center of the picture, there is a woman sitting with her baby on the bed. From their heavy clothes we know that the temparature in the igloo is still cold since it is made from ice!. In the left side we see a lamp. In fact, each woman owns and maintains the lamp (qulliq), a stone dish in which she melts the seal oil and burns lichen or other vegetal fuel. Flames are used to light, cook food or dry clothes.

This document is useful because it shows how useful the qulliq is for their daily life. It is used for a lot of things!.

This photo shows us what [pic 3]Inuit’s clothes looks like. Before the introduction of textiles, garments come mainly from materials supplied by wildlife.  The manufacture of clothing is female. The learning of sewing by girls begins in childhood, by making clothes for dolls called inunguait "the replicas of humans". For the most part, clothing is made from caribou or seal skin and furs, sometimes from wolves, arctic foxes and polar bears, while children wear hare coats.

What a diversity of ways to make warm clothes.!!

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