Jacket, Seal Intestine
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Dec 1884
name: label: Collector
content: Lucien M. Turner
label: Donor Name
content: Lucien M. Turner
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "74451 - Pair of skin pants also found with this number 6/1987."
label: Notes
content: As of 2012, there is one short gutskin parka with this catalogue number, and also one pair of short skin pants/trousers. It is possible the number for the trousers is not correct?
label: Notes
content: Parka illus. p. 216 and 217 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: "Seal Intestine parka. Seal intestine clothing collected by Turner at Ft. Chimo, probably in 1883. Turner detailed how these garments were made by the Inuit from the intestines of bearded seals: "The duct is removed from the cavity of the body and stripped of its contents. After several washings the intestine is turned inside out and thoroughly washed to free it from extraneous matter. It is now reversed and all fleshy or muscular fibres are scraped off with a dull-edged instrument. Great care being exercised to prevent tearing of the ligamentous fibres connecting the muscular walls of the intestine, these being snipped with scissors or knife whenever they become apparent. The delicate mucous membrane within requires careful removal and when done the semi translucent intestine is again washed and then distended with air. It has one end secured by a cord and upon blowing into the duct incisions may be discovered. A cord is tied around the place and the remainder is inflated and suspended to dry.""
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Ungava Bay, Quebec, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 015388
label: USNM Number
content: E74451-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Parka / Trousers