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enlarged and extended back of the garment. The child rides with his or her belly against the mother's back and with knees bent. The garment is secured at the waist with a tie or belt which prevents the child from slipping down from the pouch. The weight of the child is carried across the shoulders of the garment although this weight is typically re-distributed by two more ties which form a "v" from the collar bone, with the base secured by the tie at the waist. A final tie attaches to the front edge of the hood, permitting the mother to either open the hood for a curious child to emerge and take in the surroundings, or to pull the hood across closing the child away from the wind and elements.
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Many external viewers think that the child is carried in the hood of the amauti, and this erroneous depiction can be seen in many works of art. This is not the case. The hood is enlarged in an amauti to permit both child and mother to be covered together, while the child is actually carried in the
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Not shown are the more modern summer amauti which have no sleeves, less insulation, and permit a child to be carried while berry picking or in other summer occupations. They are also used during the winter months of the year, used with an oversized parka covering both mother and baby. The summer
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such as beads, shells and pierced coins, although disapproval of these talismans as "heathen" by the church reduced the frequency within which they were used. The talismans were said to attract spirits to the swinging tail and thus protect the
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cloth) with a windproof outer shell. Children continue to be commonly carried in this way in the eastern Arctic communities of
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without exposure to the elements. This traditional eastern Arctic Inuit parka, designed to keep the child warm and safe from
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Inuit Women’s Traditional Knowledge Workshop on the Amauti and Intellectual Property Rights (PDF)
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Karetak, Rhoda Akpaliapik; King, J. C. H. ed; Pauksztat, Birgit ed; Storrie, Robert ed (2005),
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In 2007, an amauti beaded by Ooloosie Ashevak, the daughter-in-law of well-known Inuit artist,
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amauti is typically made from quilted cloth in any number of patterns.
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Two Inuit women wearing amautiit (skirted style, akuliq) in 1995 in
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The amauti can be made from a variety of materials including
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Arctic clothing of North America: Alaska, Canada, Greenland
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In the past, the longer amauti tails were decorated with
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Sinews of Survival: The Living Legacy of Inuit Clothing
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There are usually two styles of amauti: skirted style
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