Qamutik

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15 October 2009

15272 ḵing gan

In the film, this qamutik (sled) belongs to Atanarjuat. It is made of caribou antlers and bone carefully laced together with sinew cord. Water is drizzled on the runners until it freezes, then made slick with a scrap of fur so that travel over the ice and tundra is swift and smooth.

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Ḵwaan sda: Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)