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Section title: Mi'kmaq
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Daily Life

Clothing

Mi'kmaq clothing was made from the skins of animals that they hunted. Deer and moose skins were used for leggings, sleeves and moccasins. In winter, the Mi'kmaq wore fur robes. Clothes were often decorated with coloured porcupine quills.

Portrait of Mary Bernard, a Mi'kmaq from Whykokamagh, Nova Scotia, painted by Ellen Nutting circa 1840-46
Source		   Photograph of three Mi'kmaq women, Saint George's Bay, Newfoundland, 1859
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Mary Bernard, Mi'kmaq from Whykokamagh, Nova Scotia, watercolour by Ellen Nutting, circa 1840-46   Three Mi'kmaq women, Saint George's Bay, Newfoundland, 1859

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