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FROM CARD: "FANCY PATTERN. INVENTORIED 1976. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1894; PL. 4, FIG. 347; P. 336."Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/108 , retrieved 1-8-2020: A pair of men's boots made from dehaired seal hide. Pieces of hide with a dark, natural colour and lighter, bleached pieces have been used. The soles are pleated around the toes and at the heel. A centre seam up the front of the leg has a folded piece (welt) of dark hide in the seam. The boots are decorated near the top with strips and welts of dark and light seal hide and small cut pieces of hide. Sewn around the top of each of the boots is a strip of haired seal hide. A hide thong passes through loops on the sole. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/23: Warm, dry footwear is essential for survival in the Arctic. The MacFarlane Collection includes examples of knee-length boots known as kamaks, and ankle high moccasin-type footwear. These garments have been skillfully made, and often were decorated by piecing together contrasting pieces of skin. The soles are crimped along the front edges to make the shape conform to the foot.