Sámi clothing

thumb|A goldwork (embroidery)|goldwork collar of a traditional Sámi woman's gákti. This gákti has a metal [[embroidery collar with pewter or silver thread and traditional Sámi silver buckles.]] thumb|A pattern of a goldwork (embroidery)|metal embroidered collar for a traditional male Sámi gákti from Åsele, [[Västerbotten, Sweden. The metal thread most commonly used for the embroidery is Pewter.]] thumb|Two Finns dressed up in fake gakti|gákti outside of [[Rovaniemi, Finland. Though at first glance, these may appear authentic to non-Saami people, the patterns on these gáktis are not traditional

thumb|right|Nutukas on display at the Arktikum Science Museum in [[Rovaniemi, Finland.]] thumb|A Sámi finnesko, along with a snowshoe, used in Fridtjof Nansen's Greenland expedition of 1890.

traditional clothing of the Sámi

thumb|200px|The musical group Duolva Duottar in traditional Sami dress. The man on the left, [[Fred Buljo, is wearing a luhkka. The woman and the other two men are wearing gákti.]] The luhkka (North Sami luhkka) is an article of winter clothing that covers the top half of a person's body. It is a poncho-like hooded cape with the hem coming down to the wearer's elbow or wrist. Luhkka are made from thick wadmal. It is used by the Sami of northern Scandinavia and Finland and is traditionally worn on top of the Sami gákti or fur coat (beaska).

traditional hat of the Sami people

thumb|A Sami woman in Beaska Beaska is a coat made of reindeer fur used by the Sami people. In Gällivare beaska means thicker fur and is mainly used by the richer people. In the Northern Sami language, it could also mean newer fur as it was of young reindeer calves, which are themselves called peschki in some dialects. The Norwegian word for beaska is pesk. The Sami people also use the word muoddá (In Swedish: mudd).