Children
For the child's first two months of life, it wore no clothes, but was carried inside its mother's amaat. Its first garment was little more than an anorak resembling a dress. Once the child became too large for the amaat, a pair of pants, and boots were made for it. The five-to-seven-year-olds began to wear garments that, to a certain extent, imitated adults' clothing.

RMV 2085-2/5. Girls wore virtually the same clothing as adult women. Only the details, such the absence of decorative motifs, showed that the wearer had not yet reached puberty.

For example, little girls wore amaats made to their size. Boys' clothing consisted of a simpler and smaller version of the adult men's clothes. When children reached puberty the shorts - the naatsit - became a necessary item of wear.

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