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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/32 , retrieved 12-19-2019: A pair of men's boots. The sole is bleached seal hide with tight pleating around the fore portion of the foot and the heels. A pointed vamp made up of strips of dehaired dark and light seal hide joins the leg section and the sole. The uppers are made from caribou hide with the hair still on. They have tags made from hide sewn into some of the seams, and white hide inserts are sewn into one side, just above the ankle. The boots were probably worn with these white pieces to the outside.