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Inuvialuit wearing caribou skin parkas. Nuligak (center) and the man on the left have on outer parkas, which have the hair on the outside. The boy on the right is wearing an inner parka with the hair removed, or turned to the inside. (date unknown) (Photo used with permission of Cathy Cockney)
Caribou skin clothing
Pelts from caribou hunted in early fall are preferred for clothing, as they have not yet grown their thick winter hair.
Traditionally, scraping skins and sewing clothing is women's work.
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