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Inuit ingenuity and a whaler’s wife: how the Pang hat became a symbol of Nunavut

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Inuit ingenuity and a whaler’s wife: how the Pang hat became a symbol of Nunavut
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Functional and fashionable, the Pang hat is one of Nunavut’s iconic symbols.
Arviat actor Vinnie Karetak wears a Pang hat in a closing scene of North of North. (Screenshot courtesy of CBC)
It gets its name from its origin community, Pangnirtung, where artists connected with the hamlet’s Iqqurmiut Centre for Arts and Crafts churn them out non-stop.
“Lots of people make the hats,” said Eena Angmarlik, a weaver and printmaker at the centre. “I crochet hats every day.”
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