Woman's Fancy Fur Parka
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1997
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of American History
notes: label: Notes
content: BODY OF THE PARKA IS MADE FROM 90 MUSKRAT SKINS. HOOD RUFF OF WOLVERINE AND WOLF FUR. ORNAMENTED WITH STRIPS OF CARIBOU FUR SEWN IN GEOMETRIC PATTERN OF DARK BROWN AND WHITE ON SHOULDERS, UPPER FRONT UPPER BACK AND AROUND BOTTOM. TASSELS MADE OF WOLVERINE THROAT PIECES WITH WOLF AT THE TIPS, EXTENDING FROM SHOULDERS, MID-FRONT AND MID-BACK. COMPLETELY LINED WITH COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED QUILTED COTTON PRINT CLOTH. FRONT ZIPPER OPENING. ACCORDING TO DR. STEPHEN LORING OF THE ARCTIC STUDIES CENTER, "THE FANCY PARKA IS WORN ONLY ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS; IT IS A TRADITIONAL INUPIAQ FORM THAT HAS BEEN MADE FOR MANY YEARS. THE RUFF PROTECTS THE FACE FROM THE FREEZING ARCTIC WIND--UNLIKE OTHER ANIMAL FURS, WOLVERINE DOES NOT ICE UP WITH CONDENSATION FROM HUMAN BREATH; THE FANCY WOLF IS ADDED FOR GOOD LOOKS." MADE IN 1997 BY NORA ANN REXFORD-LEAVITT, INUPIAQ MASTER-ARTIST FROM BARROW, ALASKA.
label: Notes
content: Stored in Pod 4 oversize whole unit. Advance arrangements are needed for access.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Feb 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416171
label: USNM Number
content: E428705-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Parka
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 141 cm
label: Width - Sleeves Extended
content: 150 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 26 cm