AB 1936 A-B, seal flipper bag, Inuit, sealskin, bone, 20.5 cm x 9 cm x 19.2 cm, Collection of Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada. AB 867 A-HH, sealskin pouch with game, Inuit, sealskin, bones, sinew, 7.5 cm, Collection of Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada.
Inuit seal flipper bag/pouches.
Evidence
Polar bear foot pouch was made by leaving the claws intake on the inside creating a seamless pouch. This and the sealskin pouch would have been referred to as imausiviq and used for carrying a variety of things.
Perspective
The polar bear pouch is an example of hw Inuit made use of every part of an animal that was caught.
Significance
These pouches would have been completely waterproof when tightly secured at the opening.
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