Caribou Fur Coat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 May 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1927 to 1928
name: label: Collector
content: Paul Oscanyan
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Astrid F. Oscanyan
label: Donor Name
content: Paul Oscanyan
notes: label: Notes
content: SHORT COAT WITH ATTACHED HOOD, FUR SIDE OUT, OPENING DOWN THE FRONT, TWO POCKETS. LINING ADDED IN NEW YORK OF YELLOW WOOL FLECKED WITH GREEN, BLUE, YELLOW, RED YARN IN THE WEAVE. POCKET LININGS ARE A GREEN THIN COMMERCIAL CLOTH. SHORT LEATHER STRAPS ARRANGED DOWN COAT FRONT FORMERLY HAD HOOKS MADE OF DOG TEETH AND BONE. COLLECTOR STATES: "A FUR COAT MADE FOR GENERAL AND EVERYDAY USE IN COLD WEATHER. MADE FROM DEER THAT ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS REINDEER, BUT NOT ALWAYS TRUE REINDEER, THEY'RE CARIBOU."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: West Coast Of Greenland, West Greenland, Greenland
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, West Greenland Inuit / Kalaallit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356736
label: USNM Number
content: E424720-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Coat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 90 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 73 cm