Collector:

James W. Johnson  Search this

Donor Name:

James W. Johnson  Search this

Culture:

Eskimo  Search this

Object Type:

Parka

Place:

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."

Record Last Modified:

9 Nov 2019

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

018416

USNM Number:

E127671-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dda639cc-a7da-4fbd-be44-1ae2134541b3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8334245