Man's Clothing Set: Parka
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Dec 1900
label: Collection Date
content: 1895 to 1896
name: label: Collector
content: Robert E. Peary
label: Donor Name
content: American Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Suit consisting of outer jacket, bird skin shirt, trousers, boots and stockings." Accession record identifies AMNH #s for these as outer jacket AMNH #60/594, bird skin shirt AMNH #60/598, trousers AMNH # 60/86, and indicates that the boots and stockings do not have AMNH numbers. AMNH catalogue book entry for 60/594 calls it a man's fox skin coat. AMNH catalogue book entry for 60/86 calls it bear skin pants. Trousers were illustrated (under incorrect cat. # of 209180) in Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 5, Arctic, fig. 10, pg. 587. They were identified there as of polar bear fur with a drawstring top. - F. Pickering 5-17-2005 In 2005 Suzanne Peurach of NMNH Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology sampled/analyzed hairs from various sections of the parka (a.k.a. outer jacket or coat). Parka hood trim, back of hood and shoulder tops, inner shoulders, rib cage area, hips/abdomen, side of hips, arms, and white cuffs have been identified as Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus). Trim at coat bottom (stiff, long overhairs tipped with dark split ends, wooly underhair) has been identified as Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus). As of 2007, only outer parka and trousers from this set have been located.
label: Notes
content: In 2005 Suzanne Peurach of NMNH Department of Vertebrate Zoology sampled/analyzed hairs from this object for identification purposes. Each slide notes the catalog number, object name, and species identification made. These slides were returned to the Department of Anthropology in April 2023 by Ingrid Rochon of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology and reunited with their respective objects by Kayla Kramer, Museum Technician, Repatriation Office. Slide a1) Parka overhair w/ brown tip Alopex Slide a2) Parka white overhair Alopex Slide a3) Underhair parka Alopex Slide b) Back of hood parka Alopex lagopus Slide c1) Parka overhair (summer) Alopex lagopus Slide c2) Parka underhair Alopex lagopus Slide d) Parka rib area Alopex Slide e1) Parka overhair Alopex Slide e2) Parka underfur Alopex Slide f) Parka hips Alopex lagopus Slide g) Arms of parka Alopex lagopus Slide h) Parka arm cuffs Alopex lagopus Slide i) Parka trim on coat bottom Ursus martimus
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: North / Smith Sound, Greenland
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 037404
label: USNM Number
content: E209178-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Parka