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.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Norton Sound, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Norton Sound
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
1894-1901
Taxon:
Gulo gulo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Parkas
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
126 centimeters, measurements for storage— width 173 centimeters, measurements for storage— height 10 centimeters, 97 centimeters, and measurements for storage— length 145 centimeters
Comment:
References: Hatt, G., Arctic Anthro. vol. 5 #2, 1969, p. 49. (characteristic cut of SW Esk.).