Native Cap
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Feb 1884
name: label: Collector
content: William J. Fisher
label: Donor Name
content: William J. Fisher
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "as'-chlu-ak".
label: Notes
content: 1989 analysis of fur by Bonnie Farmer, NMNH Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology: Enhydra lutris / Sea Otter: Forms all tufts of moderately long, soft dark brown fur (a few are a paler brown). Rangifer tarandus / Caribou/Reindeer: Forms fringe of short, white friable hair encircling bottom rim; also white stitching on lower side and top. Mustella erminea / Shorttail Weasel/Ermine: Forms narrow band of short creamy-white fur, encircling hat on the side. - Spermophilus parryi / Arctic Ground Squirrel: Forms main body of hat, of soft greyish and yellowish-brown fur. Unknown/Tentative Identification: Long strands of pale blond hair sewn in tufts onto the hat structurally are similar to hair of Ursus arctos (Grizzly Bear). Bob Mann, NMNH Dept. of Anthropology, examined a sample and eliminated human hair as an option.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Feb 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Katmai, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 014024
label: USNM Number
content: E90448-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat