Parka cover

Museum number:
2-71398
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071398
Accession number:
Acc.4468
Description:
Parka cover, white cotton trimmed with blue cotton bias tape sewn in geometric design, braided lavender wool yarn around hood, metal snap fasteners at top and base of hood. Machine stitched.
Donor:
Murial Cook
Collection place:
Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Western Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Clara Hayes Gaddie Moon
Collection date:
1933-1957
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Parkas
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 143 centimeters, measurements for storage— length 130 centimeters, and measurements for storage— width 180 centimeters
Comment:
References: Sturtevant, William C., ed. Handbook of North American Indians, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1984, Volume 5, p. 286, Fig. 1, p. 289, p. 304, Fig. 1.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Parka cover, accession number 2-71398, described as Parka cover, white cotton trimmed with blue cotton bias tape sewn in geometric design, braided lavender wool yarn around hood, metal snap fasteners at top and base of hood. Machine stitched.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Parka cover, accession number 2-71398, described as Parka cover, white cotton trimmed with blue cotton bias tape sewn in geometric design, braided lavender wool yarn around hood, metal snap fasteners at top and base of hood. Machine stitched.

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