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11 de may. de 2021 · Sealskin Clothing: An All-female Inuit Tradition. The transformation of seal fur into clothing and accessories is an essential activity for the economic survival of the Indigenous people living in the circumpolar region in Canada (but also in Greenland, Russia and Alaska, in the United States).
Seal skin holds deep symbolic meaning for the Inuit people, representing their close relationship with nature and their ancestral ties. Wearing seal skin clothing is not only a practical necessity but also a powerful expression of cultural identity and pride.
26 de mar. de 2021 · After seals are harvested and are skinned by the hunter, Inuit women move in quickly to prepare the seal skins for garment making. The skins immediately need to be cleaned and rinsed in fresh water to rid the skin of salt, fat and blood.
One video shows Ootova and her sister Sarahme Akoomalik seated outside scraping the fatty remains from a seal skin with an ulu (see below). In another video, the sisters stand outdoors in the melting snow of June, showing viewers how to tie seal skins to wooden frames for drying.
14 de abr. de 2019 · In order to help Inuit communities and their collapsed sealskin market, people should learn the truth of seal hunting which is a traditional and environmentally sustainable way of life.
Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia and Namibia all export sealskin. It was traditionally used to make Scottish sporrans. The Inuit, a people indigenous to North America and Greenland, argue that banning both seal products and seal hunting is detrimental to their way of life and the Inuit culture.
18 de ago. de 2021 · Beads and seal skin. When early European explorers arrived in Canada’s North, they introduced the Inuit seamstresses to brightly coloured glass beads that were known as sapangaq or ‘precious stone’. These beads became a highly desired trade item between the Europeans and the Inuit.
