Hunting Cap Worn By Men
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Dec 1882
name: label: Collector
content: William J. Fisher
label: Donor Name
content: William J. Fisher
notes: label: Notes
content: Provenience Note: Accession record lists this locality as Maltshatna River, while Anthropology ledger book and catalogue card I.D. as Matshatna River. It has been assumed that this is actually Mulchatna River.
label: Notes
content: From card: "A-luk-tschuch-wak."
label: Notes
content: 1989 analysis of fur by Bonnie Farmer, NMNH Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology: Rangifer tarandus / Caribou/Reindeer: Short, stiff and friable white hair, forms bottom rim of hat and both edges of strip extending across top center; also used to make white stitching in leather around side and across top. Phoca vitulina / Harbor (Common) Seal: Blackish and pale yellow, short hairs, forms wide band around side of hat and fringe on both sides of strip across top. Spermophilus parryi / Arctic Ground Squirrel: Formed body of hat above the red leather band on sides, also top of hat and fringe of tassels around upper margin. Mustella erminea / Shorttail Weasel/Ermine: Small tufts of short, soft white fur located on two large tassels; also adorns two pairs of split leather tassels sewn onto top on either side of center strip. Unknown/Tentative Identification: Long blond tufts of hair and ends of two large tassels most closely resemble hair of Ursus arctos (Grizzly Bear). Bob Mann, NMNH Dept. of Anthropology, examined a sample, eliminating human hair as a possiblity.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Feb 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Alaska Peninsula / Mulchatna River (Near), Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Kiatichmiut
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 012209
label: USNM Number
content: E72487-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat