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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.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-48, described as Men's "two-skin" cut parka. Body, sleeves and hood of caribou. Bottom hem straight-cut, appoximately thigh-length. Hood in "three-piece" pattern with two hood-roots of white caribou skin. Wolfskin hood facing , with two red braided hood ties. Sleeves and hem decorated with elaborate geometric borders, edged with fleece and wolverine.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-13831, described as Man's parka, "two-piece" cut; body sleeves and hood of domesticated reindeer. Straight cut hip-length hem without side-slits. Hood of "three-piece" construction with center panel of reindeer head skin, short hood-roots. Hood facing of wolf skin and caribou. Wolverine tassels on hood-point. Checked caribou hem decorations. Wolverine cuffs. Part of outfit that includes 2-13832 through 2-13834.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6909, described as Man's parka, "two-skin" cut with sleeves and hood of winter caribou backhide. Hood of "3-piece" construction with white hood-roots. Hood facings of caribou and wolverine. Sleeve-cuffs of caribou. Shoulder fringes of tanned depilated hade; bottom hem strip of the same. Excellent winter parka specimen. Trimmed with smoked moose traded from Athabaskans (fide Elizabeth Goodwin, Al. Eskimo, July 1978).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-38466, described as White polar bear fur. Dark fur lattice trim; wolf and wolverine trim.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6911, described as Woman's parka, with a complex check-work pattern with sleeves and hood of ground squirrel skin. Deeply scalloped hem with front and back flaps. Elaborate hood of ground squirrel and white caribou; red thread and clipped caribou decoration. Hem has similar decoration. Cuffs of wolverine. Sinew thread used. Possibly made with mink.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6693, described as Man's parka "two-skin" cut with sleeves and hood. Straight-cut hip-length hem. Body, hood and sleeves of brown caribou. Modified "three piece" hood without hood-roots, fringed with wolfskin and (cotton ?) thread. Not commercially tanned (fide Ronald W. Senungetuk, July 1987).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6687, described as Woman's parka, complex pattern with sleeves and hood of belly and flank caribou skin. Hem deeply scalloped with front and back flaps of equal length (Knee-length). Modified "three-piece" hood with white hood-roots, wolf and wolverine trim. Body with decorative trim of clipped caribou and red thread. No cuffs or cuff trim.
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.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6908, described as Man's parka, "two-skin" cut with sleeves and hood of brown caribou. Gently scalloped hip-length bottom hem. (Rear is 7 cm longer than the front. "Three-piece" hood construction with white hood roots. Elaborate hood facing for wolf, wolverine and caribou. Collar-ties of dyed and braided yarn. Wolverine fringe around the hem and in the center of the back. Made with caribou, wolf, wolverine, sinew thread and wool yarn.

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