Inuit Comparing Caribou Skin

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For the clothing, the Inuit preferred caribou skin as a material for clothing. The skin was lightweight, and the inner hairs of the skin made it warm. Skins from seals, foxes, polar bears, and other animals served as substitutes for caribou. The Inuit often decorated their clothing with furs, beads, and good luck charms such as carvings or parts of animals.Their are also parkas which fit loosely over the head, neck, and shoulders. It hung in varying lengths from above the waist to below the knees. Women often carried young children in the backs or hoods of their parkas. Most Inuit wore two layers of clothing in winter i.e.: an inner suit with the fur next to the skin and an outer suit with the fur on the outside. The air between the two layers

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