Eskimo kiss
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An Eskimo kiss, nose kiss, or nose rub is a gesture of affection where one rubs the tip of one's nose against another person's nose or face. In Inuit culture, the gesture is known as a kunik, and cons
A couple doing a nose rub
An Iñupiaq woman shares a kunik with a small child at a Nalukataq in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, 2007
Image of two people "nose rubbing" in Mark Twain's Following the Equator 1897 travelogue
Eskimo
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Eskimo is a controversial umbrella term that refers to two closely related Indigenous peoples, namely Inuit and Yupik of eastern Siberia and Alaska. A related third group, Aleuts, who inhabit the Aleu
Eskimo kiss
…found in other cultures as well. When early Western explorers of the Arctic first witnessed Inuit nose rubbing as a greeting behavior, they dubbed it Eskimo kissing. The practice was also prevalent in nearby non-Inuit cultures. Among the Inuit, kunik is a form of expressing affection, usually between family…
Laminar armour from hardened leather reinforced by wood and bones worn by native Siberians and Eskimos
Lamellar armour worn by native Siberians
Stone remains of a Dorset culture longhouse near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
English ("Welcome to Barrow") and Iñupiaq (Paġlagivsigiñ Utqiaġvigmun), Utqiaġvik, Alaska, framed by whale jawbones