Fur Parka (Dance Garment)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Oct 1977
name: label: Donor Name
content: Smithsonian Institution
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Brown caribou (?) skin; uniform hemline; v-neck. White fur panels outlined with narrow strips of red and black dyed skin are inset on front, from shoulder to waistline. Shoulder seams, sleeve and skirt hems edged with narrow white fur stripe. White fur also inset on back fo skirt in U-shape band from waist to hem and on skirt front in two right-angle stripes. Hem fringed; decorative fringes on shoulder seams and back. Faced neck with ties attached. Good condition (Possibly belongs with pants T-1607). 3/30/1977 attributed to Copper Eskimos by Henry Collins: In summer of 1931, James A. Ford (Dr. Collins' assistant) was sent to do archaeological work in Point Barrow. That winter a Hudson Bay Company ship (the Baychimo) sailing from Victoria Island was caught in the ice at Barrow and abandoned. The local Eskimo salvaged the cargo which included similar material for resale by the Bay Co. Ford also salvaged some of the cargo. Dr. Collins thinks this parka is part of Ford's collection. Possibly never catalogued. Found in the collections; no original numbers found; not identified in catalogs. Given temporary number T-1606, 9/1976. Loaned to the Art Institute of Chicago 6/22/77. Rec. from Art Inst. of Chicago Dec. 1, 1977. Loan Glenbow Nov 13 1987; returned Nov 25 1988. Illus.: The Spirit Sings catalogue; Glenbow-Alberta Institute; 1987, #A19, p. 116 [actually this is Fig. 178, p. 191 in Spirit Sings catalogue and discussed p. 191-2]."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Victoria Island (not certain), Northwest Territories (not certain) / Nunavut (not certain), Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, Inuinnait (Copper)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 329163
label: USNM Number
content: E418613-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Parka