"This is a Shaman's coat from the Igloolik area. The coat has different designs on the front and back. A shaman would be told by a spirit what design to put on the coat, and he would have a woman sew it. He would tell her what would go where. The meaning of this one is that he has been touched by a spirit; that's what the hands are for. This design is actually from old photographs in the National Museum in Ottawa. It has a hat and mitts to go with it, all made form caribou skin, but no pant legs or kamiik."

Germaine Arnaktauyok and Gyu Oh, My Name Is Arnaktauyok: The Life and Art of Germaine Arnaktauyok, (Inhabit Media Inc.: Iqaluit, 2015), p. 94.