People travelled long distances to hunt caribou for their muscle strip, which is the long, thick muscle from the back leg of the caribou that is made into sinew. The sinew is dried and woven by hand for many hours, then soaked in water to loosen the strip.

2019年2月11日 · In Utqiaġvik, spring whaling is still about two months away, but preparations are already in high gear. That includes making a traditional thread called “ivalu” from caribou tendons, which are...

Kivallirmiut, also called the Caribou Inuit (Inuktitut: Kivallirmiut /ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑦ), barren-ground caribou hunters, are Inuit who live west of Hudson Bay in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, between 61° and 65° N and 90° and 102° W in Northern Canada.

2021年11月2日 · Since a time far beyond memory, Nunamiut people have eaten meat, fat, and many other parts of caribou and have sipped broth made from caribou meat and bones. Caribou skin clothing —parkas, pants, boots, socks and mittens—has protected them from the arctic cold.

2021年8月19日 · Women made their own thread either from a single strand or multiple braided strands of sinew—a natural fiber from tendons in the caribou’s leg or back. Sinew thread is extremely strong and swells when wet, tightly filling the needle holes so …

2023年4月6日 · Caribou hides have also provided rawhide line for making snowshoes and sleds. And sinew from caribou tendons, in single or braided strands, have been used to make nets to catch ptarmigan and fish, as lashing for hunting tools, and as a strong and durable thread. For Nunamiut people, the importance of caribou extends far beyond the material realm.

While the preferred Arctic species was, and is, caribou, sinew can be made from any species of mammal or even bird (Burch 2006:230), including the esophagus of seal or waterfowl, the rectal canal of sea mammals and bears, or the covering of a whale’s tongue (Issenman 1997:32).

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2002年7月19日 · Leetia Tikivik pushes a needle threaded with caribou sinew through a piece of sealskin with a forefinger capped with a thimble. She sews a pair of sandals made of multi-coloured sealskin.