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CARIBOU JACKETS

jacket, brown, designs

 

The supreme importance of caribou hunting for the Naskapi, Montagnais and Cree tribes of the Quebec-LabradorPeninsulais reflected in their ¾ caribou skin jackets.

They wear these garments decorated with powerful symbols, the hunters hope to obtain that supernatural help that guarantees success on the hunt.

Instruments of caribou bones were used to make the red, blue and brown designs on this Naskapi summer jacket.

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