Tatsittuq (or Markham bay) is known for its jade-green stone (sometimes referred as “apple green” in colour). Stone from Nuwata, accros the peninsula from Kinngait, is rarely quarried these days. The WBEC buys mainly sculpture carved from stone; however, items from caribou antler and ...
Rigid parts like bones, beaks, teeth, claws, and antlers were carved into tools or decorative items. [93] The soft material shed from antlers, known as velvet, was used for tying back hair. [93] Intestine from seals and walruses was used to make waterproof jackets for inclement weather....
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In the 1950s, Canadian federal government sent steatite up North to Inuit who lived in Panniqtuuq without any explanation; people didn’t know what to do with this “too soft” stone and thus, they put it in the water with other imported “strange items” from the Qallunaat (non-...
I am currently working with museum items at our university. A lot of artifacts just say Inuit and this page was useful in helping me figure out Native Communities and tribes that will need to get letters. Many of the sites that talk about Alaskan Native Coporations do not say Inuit just ...
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