Minah Mannuk tries on these over slippers, from one eider duck skin each, made by Silatik Meeko, who sits beside her. Other Natural Materials These boots demonstrate an unusual use of materials available in the environment. The seal skin kamiks are a reddish brown colour because the bleached skin has been smeared with boiled alder bark. The caribou kamiks are decorated with dog skin leg shafts. In the 19th century, when caribou became scarce in places like Belcher Island, the Inuit made footwear from eider duck skin. Next Section >> Labrador Inuit boots Iglulik Inuit boots Ungava Inuit outer slippers