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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 2-6731, described as Skin coat
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6690, described as Parka with calf-length straight-cut hem, bird skin with feathers, no hood. Sleeves and hem decorated with geometric patterns and bands of clipped skin, dyed gut, tanned hide (dyed red). Sealskin trimming on cuffs and hem. Collar trimmed with fur (species ?). Very wide, long, roomy cut. Cotton and sinew thread.
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.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-71319, described as Multicolored calico design cotton (synthetic) cover; pleated near bottom; decorated with embroidered bands on sleeves, pockets and bottom; white imitation fur lining; imitation fur hood trimmed with real fur (long and multicolored hair).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-72491, described as gut parka (summer); hand sewn gut rain parka with hood. red ribbon trim around hood opening; fur trim around cuffs and hem.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6904b, described as Seal gut coat
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 2-48, 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 2-6909, 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).

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