Parka and cover

Museum number:
2-71396a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210271396a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4468
Description:
Womans fur parka stitched onto black cotton cloth, long haired ruff around face; cotton floral print cover trimmed with blue bias tape and ric-rac. Made with ground squirrel, wolf and caribou fur, cotton cloth, cotton thread, hand and machine sewn.
Donor:
Murial Cook
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Clara Hayes Gaddie Moon
Collection date:
1933-1957
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Parkas
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 149 centimeters and length 130 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 and cover, accession number 2-71396a,b, described as Womans fur parka stitched onto black cotton cloth, long haired ruff around face; cotton floral print cover trimmed with blue bias tape and ric-rac. Made with ground squirrel, wolf and caribou fur, cotton cloth, cotton thread, hand and machine sewn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Parka and cover, accession number 2-71396a,b, described as Womans fur parka stitched onto black cotton cloth, long haired ruff around face; cotton floral print cover trimmed with blue bias tape and ric-rac. Made with ground squirrel, wolf and caribou fur, cotton cloth, cotton thread, hand and machine sewn.

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