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Collector:
Lucien M. Turner  Search this
Donor Name:
Lucien M. Turner  Search this
Culture:
Innu, Naskapi (?)  Search this
Eskimo, Inuit (?)  Search this
Object Type:
Sleeping Bag
Place:
Ungava Bay, Quebec, Canada, North America
Accession Date:
5 Dec 1884
Notes:
Originally catalogued as made of sealskin, but this is not correct; appears to be caribou.
Illus. p. 97 in Turner, Lucien M., Scott A. Heyes, and K. M. Helgen. 2014. Mammals of Ungava & Labrador: the 1882-1884 fieldnotes of Lucien M. Turner together with Inuit and Innu knowledge. Identified there as "Caribou skin sleeping bag (1884). A sleeping bag used and collected by Turner at Ft. Chimo. He noted that the sleeping bag was a European concept co-opted by some Inuit. It measures 7' x 3' x 8". Turner wrote about its comfort: "The Arctic traveler who has once indulged in sleep within the soothing folds of a soft reindeer skin sleeping-bag will be loath to expose himself to the vagaries of an uncomfortable bed and shifting blankets." Turner (1887a: 703) noted that pogaluk was the Inuit word for sleeping bag." Sleeping bag is also further described on pp. 96-97 of the publication.
Record Last Modified:
14 Apr 2020
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
015388
USNM Number:
E74466-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3878c5de7-1db6-4923-9a5d-699ac3d16a06
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8478105