Festival Parka, w/ hood and flap. Reindeer skin w/ fur inside. Skin dyed w/alder bark solution; urine mordant. Decorated with bead medallions and rosettes, tassels of seal fur died with alder, suede fringes; hemmed with sable. Length across shoulders and sleeves = 164.0cm; Length neck to hem = 58.0cm; Circumferance of hem = 274.0cm.
Donor:
Molly Lee
Collection place:
Siberia, Russia
Verbatim coll. place:
Russia, Siberia, Achai-Viam region [mixed Chawchuvens & chukchi], upper Opuk River
Culture or time period:
Chukchi
Materials:
Fur (hair material) and Reindeer hide
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Parkas
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
September 28, 1993
Context of use:
Made in 1970s. Owned and worn by Serguei Serov. Donated in his memory.