Fort Alexander (Nushagak), Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
18 Dec 1886
Notes:
From card: "Fine. Decorated with worsted and feathers." Illus. Fig. 5, a-e, in Reed, Fran, "Embellishments of the Alaska Native Gut Parka" (2008). Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings. Paper 283. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/283 . Identified there as " ... made of summer seal gut it has a high collar and is stitched with tufts of yarn, esophagus, hair and feathers in the seams. It has dyed seal skin trim on the hood, cuffs and hem."