Nicole Camphaug
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Nicole Camphaug is a Canadian Inuk fashion and jewellery designer from Nunavut. She is primarily known for creating sealskin-covered shoes and other contemporary Inuit fashion items under the label EN
Men's dress shoes with undyed ringed seal skin, by Nicole Camphaug, 2021
Women's high-heeled shoes with dyed black harp seal fur, by Nicole Camphaug, 2021
Inuit art
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Inuit art, also known as Eskimo art, refers to artwork produced by Inuit, previously known as Eskimos, and other related circumpolar peoples. Historically, their preferred medium was walrus ivory, but
Nicole Camphaug
…Camphaug's heels are held in the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. In 2016, a pair of high heels by Camphaug were featured in Floe Edge, an exhibition of Inuit art and design by Quebec art collective Axe Néo-7. In 2019, Camphaug provided accessories for outfits at the Upingaksaaq Fashion Show in Iqaluit, which…
Angakkuq, a sculpture by Pallaya Qiatsuq (Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada)
Swimming polar bear carved from walrus ivory, Middle Dorset culture, Iglulik region, Canada
Alaskan Inupiat woven baleen basket with a walrus ivory finial, depicting a polar bear, c. early 20th century
James Houston and Pauta Saila examining a stone-cut