Parka

Museum number:
2-4767
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1163 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
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.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Southwest Coast below Yukon R., Southwest Coast, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Southwest Coast; Southwest Coast below Yukon R.
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Gulo gulo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Parkas
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
measurements for storage— width 165 centimeters, measurements for storage— height 11 centimeters, measurements for storage— length 127 centimeters, 80 centimeters, and 148 centimeters
Comment:
References: Hatt, G., Arctic Anthro., vol. 5 #2, 1969, p. 48. (characteristic of SW Coast Esk.).
Loans:
S1974-1975 #16: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (September 6, 1974–October 22, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 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 2 of 5 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 3 of 5 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 4 of 5 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 5 of 5 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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