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What (who) is mukluk - definition
SOFT BOOT OR TALL MOCCASIN INDIGENOUS TO ESKIMO AND INUIT PEOPLES, OR SIMILAR BOOTS FROM OTHER PLACES
Inuit Boots; Kamik; Eskimo boots; Mucluc; Muckluck; Mucklucks; Muclucs; Mukluks; Kamiit
![Drying summer kaamit, [[Pangnirtuuq]], [[Nunavut]], 1951](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Inuit woman “Aasivak Evic” hangs kamiits (sealskin boots) to dry, Pangnirtuuq (Pangnirtung), Nunavut (30726111653).jpg?width=200 "Drying summer kaamit, [[Pangnirtuuq]], [[Nunavut]], 1951")
![Use with [[snowshoes]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Snowshoes (6000454673).jpg?width=200 "Use with [[snowshoes]].")
![Drying sealskins, near [[Barter Island]], Alaska, June 1914](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Teriglu's three sealskins (37111).jpg?width=200 "Drying sealskins, near [[Barter Island]], Alaska, June 1914")
.jpg?width=200 "Greenland, 1999")
![Chewing sealskin to soften it; [[Kinngait]], Nunavut, July 1951](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Inuit woman “Josie” chewing sealskin to soften it for making kamiits (boots), Kinngait, Nunavut (31497043966).jpg?width=200 "Chewing sealskin to soften it; [[Kinngait]], Nunavut, July 1951")
.jpg?width=200 "A scraper may also be used.")
![1900}}, [[Port Clarence]], [[Alaska]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eskimos drilling ivory and making mukluks, Port Clarence, Alaska, ca 1900 (HEGG 337) (cropped to mukluk-making).jpeg?width=200 "1900}}, [[Port Clarence]], [[Alaska]]")
.jpg?width=200 "Scraping caribou skin, Alaska, 1922")
![Making kamiit from sealskin, in an igloo, [[Inukjuak]], Québec, January 1946](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Inuit woman in an igloo making kamiit (sealskin boots), Inukjuak, Quebec Une femme inuite fabrique des kamiit (bottes en peau de phoque) dans un igloo à Inukjuak, au Québec (31163278870) (cropped).jpg?width=200 "Making kamiit from sealskin, in an igloo, [[Inukjuak]], Québec, January 1946")
![Ceremonial kamik boots worn by women in Greenland during special occasions. Shorter sealskin outer boots are worn over decorated textile thigh-high inners. [[Sisimiut]], [[Greenland]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Greenland-arnat-kamik.jpg?width=200 "Ceremonial kamik boots worn by women in Greenland during special occasions. Shorter sealskin outer boots are worn over decorated textile thigh-high inners. [[Sisimiut]], [[Greenland]]")
![Dancing in ceremonial kamiit in [[Ilulissat]], [[Greenland]] in 1999. Note flexibility and lack of lacing.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Greenland 1999 (14).jpg?width=200 "Dancing in ceremonial kamiit in [[Ilulissat]], [[Greenland]] in 1999. Note flexibility and lack of lacing.")
![vamp]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Inuit tools for making sealskin boots, Ungava Inuit, 1989 - Bata Shoe Museum - DSC00398.JPG?width=200 "vamp]].")
![Kamiit, winter and summer, with their inners removed and stood separately. The exposed parts of the ([[felt]]) winter liner are decorated.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Inuit or Eskimo shoes (UBC).jpg?width=200 "Kamiit, winter and summer, with their inners removed and stood separately. The exposed parts of the ([[felt]]) winter liner are decorated.")
.JPG?width=200 "Alaskan boots, Inupiat, 1989, bearded seal, ringed seal, spotted seal, caribou, polar bear")
mukluk
['m?kl?k]
¦ noun N. Amer. a high, soft boot that is worn in the American Arctic and is traditionally made from sealskin.
Origin
C19: from Yupik maklak 'bearded seal'.
Mukluk
Mukluks or kamik ( ) (singular: , plural: ) are a soft boot, traditionally made of reindeer (caribou) skin or sealskin, and worn by Arctic aboriginal people, including the Inuit, Iñupiat, and Yupik.
Wikipedia
Mukluk
Mukluks or kamik (Inuktitut: ᑲᒥᒃ [kaˈmik]) (singular: ᑲᒪᒃ kamak, plural: ᑲᒦᑦ kamiit) are a soft boot, traditionally made of reindeer (caribou) skin or sealskin, and worn by Arctic aboriginal people, including the Inuit, Iñupiat, and Yup'ik.
Mukluks may be worn over an inner boot liner and under a protective overshoe. The term mukluk is often used for any soft boot designed for cold weather, and modern designs may use both traditional and modern materials. The word mukluk is of Yup'ik origin, from maklak, the bearded seal, while kamik is an Inuit word.
Examples of use of mukluk
1. In another embarrassing faux pas, she instructs readers to "experiment", adding that an "item of clothing will never hurt anyone". Try telling that to the seven rabbits that died in the making of her 260 Mukluk fur boots.