Little girls' hoods (nasaq)
In cold weather, this kind of hood was worn by children who were bundled up in the back pouch of their mother's coat or who wore hoodless jumpsuits (atajuq).
The two models presented here were made for little girls. Hoods for little boys were less decorated and the fringes shorter. The sides were mainly decorated with adjacent strips of white and black caribou skin, a characteristic of women's clothing for Igloolik's inhabitants.
The hood had fringes, nigjait, to help keep the wind out and the back of the child's neck warm. As with the fringeless hood, the base was inserted into the collar of the garment. The hood was held in place by a string under the child's chin.
Nowadays, children sometimes wear removable hoods made of synthetic fabrics or hare fur, but not caribou fur.
