On Canadian Ground - Stories of Footwear in Early Canada See more of the Virtual Museum of Canada
ExhibitionMemorable Shoes

KAMIKS OF THE INUIT
HUNTING SEAL & CARIBOU
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING OF SEAL SKIN & CARIBOU SKIN
PROTECTIVE LAYERS OF FOOTWEAR
MAKING KAMIKS
PATTERNS & STYLES
DECORATING KAMIKS
SEWING & DECORATING TECHNIQUES
MOCCASINS OF THE FIRST NATIONS
CHANGING STYLES - THE ROLE OF TRADE & VOYAGEURS
SHOES FOR A NEW LAND
SHOES MADE IN THE AGE OF THE CRAFTSMAN
CANADIAN FOOTWEAR IN THE AGE OF THE MACHINE
Iglulingmiut boots
Iglulingmiut boots

Click image to interact
Protection for Cold and Dry

Annie Nestor from Coral Harbour, also used traditional materials and techniques to make these layered caribou skin kamiks in 1987. A tall caribou fur inner boot and liner goes inside the brown and white caribou fur outer boot:

• inner boots made of caribou fur
• liners made of caribou fur
• boots made of caribou fur uppers
• white depilated (hair removed) bearded seal bottoms
• dark depilated seal skin between the bottoms and the legs

Continue >>
123
FrançaisSite MapCreditsFeedback© The Bata Shoe Museum, 2005. All Rights Reserved