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A - Caribou leg mukluks seal skin sole, Bathurst, NT.

B - Bow made from muskox horn backed with rawhide lashing string of braided animal sinew, Bathurst, NT, 1963.

C - Caribou skin qulittaq inner garment with wolverine trim.

D - Primus stove, compact and durable with good coal oil flame under almost any weather conditions. 

E - Dog sled, usually made from 2" board of desired width and length. Cross pieces lashed on with rawhide, "shoed" with wooden strips for winter and iced for trail, Coppermine, NT, 1955.

F - Snow knife, all 'round handy tool in the Arctic, N.E. Holman Island, NT, 1954.

 

This digital collection was produced under contract to the SchoolNet Digital Collections program, Industry Canada.

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