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Inuinnaq dancing cap topped with a loon skin, worn at drum dances
Unknown / Inconnu1965/1968
McCord Stewart Museum
Montreal, Canada
Inuinnaq dancers wore caps like this at celebrations. They kept the beat by swinging the weasel skin atop it, imitating a loon's movements. The cap's elegance and fine craftsmanship illustrate the skill of Inuit seamstresses and their role in reaffirming and preserving their traditions.
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- Title: Inuinnaq dancing cap topped with a loon skin, worn at drum dances
- Creator: Unknown / Inconnu
- Creator Lifespan: Unknown / Inconnue - Unknown / Inconnue
- Date: 1965/1968
- Type: Chapeau, Hat
- Titre: Bonnet de danse inuinnaq surmonté d’une peau de huard et porté lors de célébrations
- Description: Les danseurs de la nation inuinnaq portaient ce genre de coiffe lors des célébrations. Ils faisaient balancer l'hermine de la coiffure au rythme du tambour en imitant les mouvements du huard. Le raffinement de la coiffe et la complexité de sa confection témoignent de l'habileté des couturières inuites et révèlent le rôle qu'elles jouent dans la réaffirmation et la préservation des traditions.
- Culture (former name in parenthesis): Inuit: Inuinnaq (Copper Inuit), Kilusiktormiut
- Culture (ancien nom entre parenthèses): Inuit: Inuinnaq (Inuit du Cuivre), Kilusiktormiut
- Rights: http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/orders/conditions/
- External Link: http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M976.148
- Medium: Caribou hide, loon skin (with feathers and beak), Arctic hare and weasel fur, sinew, felt, Peaux de caribou, de huard (avec plumes et bec), de lièvre arctique, d’hermine, tendon, feutrine
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