The Diversity of Northern Peoples as Represented by Their Clothing (2023) by Hokkaido Museum of Northern PeoplesAbashiri City
The Diversity of Northern Peoples through clothing
Northern peoples have been protecting themselves from the cold by making warm clothes out of pelts and other materials.The diverse colors, styles, patterns and designs of these clothes.
The Foods of Northern Peoples (2023) by Hokkaido Museum of Northern PeoplesAbashiri City
The Foods of Northern Peoples
Northern peoples developed techniques for preserving food by air-drying or smoking to provide for the long winter, and whatever food was obtained was never wasted.
Dwellings (2023) by Hokkaido Museum of Northern PeoplesAbashiri City
Dwellings
Norhtern peoples typically lived in pit houses that were built to retain heat, or portable tents suitable for nomadic lifestyles. In this exhibition space,a restored pit house of the Eskimo in Alaska is displayed.
Spiritual World (2023) by Hokkaido Museum of Northern PeoplesAbashiri City
Spiritual World
In the course of daily lives based on hunting and fishing, Northern peoples began to develop the notion of "masters" who rules over the animal kingdom.They performed ceremonies for sending off bears' spirits and other shamanic rituals.
