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Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-4767, described as Parka or man. "Two-skin" cut with body, hood and sleeves of ground squirrel skin. Waist length straight-cut hem decorated with four bands of trimmed white caribou. Band and fringes of wolfskin around shoulder seams. Wolverine and marten (?) around cuffs. Hem fringe of flesh-out wolfskin. Made with sinew thread, red (cotton ?) thread. Running stitch used.
Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-72490, described as Bird skin (auk) parka with hood. trimmed with white fur at cuffs and hem; brown fur around hood. parka made up of whole skins with feathers interspersed with tufted feathers in perpendicular bands.
Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6384, described as Mans, "two-skin" cut with sleeves and body of domestic reindeer (mottled brown and white). No hood. Collar of wolf with inner wolverine neckband. Sleeves wide at shoulder, taper to narrow wolverine cuffs. Hip-length straight-cut hem decorated with caribou and wolverine. Some tanned skins not commercially tanned, fide Ronald W. Senungetuk, July 1987). Made with domesticated reindeer, wolf, wolverine, and sinew thread.
Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6695, described as Bird skin (cormorant ?) parka, feathers out. No hood, straight calf-length hem. Decoration of red cloth and rabbit skin (?) tassels. Depilated, red skin band around hips with gut strips; reindeer and marten (?) on cuffs. Made with Cormorant skin (?), reindeer, marten (?), tanned hide, gut, rabbit skin, woven cloth, cotton thread, sinew thread (?). According to Eskimo consultant Ronald W. Senungetuk, July 1987: "Trim is made of caribou or reindeer, sea otter, ochre dyed bird skin and leather, decorated with red wool fabric, rabbit skin tassels and red band embellished with gut strips sewn above the bottom edge; reindeer hide and marten fur on cuffs. caribou or reindeer skin band turned inside out with seal''s throat skin overlay and danglers made of unborn or newly born fawn skin. Styling is Kodiak which may have been during or after Russian regime but it may be totally traditional." References: Birket-Smith, Ethno. Studies, Copenhagen, 1941, p.124; Hatt, Arct. Anth., 1969, p. 49.
Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-108, described as Gut parka for doll, red-dyed vertical stripe in front, red-dyed shoulders and cuffs, fur trimmed hood, cuffs and hem, inserts of green, blue and red wool yarn tufts overall.
Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 9-21453, described as Festival Parka, w/ hood and flap. Reindeer skin w/ fur inside. Skin dyed w/alder bark solution; urine mordant. Decorated with bead medallions and rosettes, tassels of seal fur died with alder, suede fringes; hemmed with sable. Length across shoulders and sleeves = 164.0cm; Length neck to hem = 58.0cm; Circumferance of hem = 274.0cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Raincoat, accession number 3-14, described as Capote of native; rain cloak; black wool; twill weave; hand sewn; fringe along bottom of one side; one side approximately 1 m long, the other side 112 cm long and fringed
Hearst Museum object titled Raincoat, accession number 3-1626, described as Rain coat woven of palm leaves
Hearst Museum object titled Raincoat, accession number 10-1150, described as Raincoat; grass tied on from stems; 39” L.
Hearst Museum object titled Raincoat, accession number 10-590, described as Raincoat; palm frond; 4 courses of fiber twining; 28” L.

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