Parka
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1880
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1976."
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=568 , retrieved 10-24-2021; see web page for additional information: Parka, Yup'ik. This warm, lightweight winter parka for a man was sewn from ninety-three Arctic ground squirrel skins. The maker used whole pelts, turning the bellies toward the inside of the garment. The hood ruff is wolf, and the cuffs have bands of white caribou and brown wolverine fur. A woman's role as clothing maker had social and spiritual meanings. The designs she sewed expressed personal and family identity, and well-made, beautiful clothing helped her husband as a hunter because it pleased the animals. A fine parka demonstrated her sewing skills as well as her husband's success as a provider.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nushugak, Bristol Bay, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 80A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E43282-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Parka
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 160 cm