Item 2024-007/014 (05) - INUNOO Clothing Tag

Inunoo pronounced, ee-noo-noo, means 'of the Eskimo people'. The igloo shaped symbol is a graphic version of how the word is written in the language of the Eskimos. All the colourful designs on Inunoo clothes and other articles are reproduced from authentic Eskimo drawings originated by Eskimo artists at Cape Dorset in the Canadian Arctic. For generations, Eskimo artists have made carvings and drawings of birds, beasts, and fishes with whom they share the frozen Arctic environment. In the whimsical Eskimo imagination these animals - walruses, seals, polar bears, Arctic owls and others, often assumed godlike qualities and heroic proportions and from these developed a unique Eskimo folklore based on the fantastic deeds of these legendary creates. To-day, products are reproduced exclusively by Inunoo Limited on a royalty basis under license from the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative Ltd. at Cape Dorset, N.W.T., Canada. + French translation of above + map of Canada with the following places names/marked: Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, New York, Hudson Bay, Cape Dorset, Baffin Island. (AW)

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