Skin coat, with fur edging. intestine strips sewn vertically across the shoulders; horizontal strips from the waist to the square bottom; trimmed with sealskin; some red wool tassels in the seams; on back of pointed hood a miniature pouch for child.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
for woman; protect fur parka from rain & water;
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
measurements for storage— length 80 centimeters and measurements for storage— width 73 centimeters