Model Shaman's Costume: Mittens
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1991
name: label: Collector
content: Lucien M. Turner
label: Donor Name
content: No Information
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Model shaman's costume, "tung wa'gn e'nog ang'", Ungava Bay Eskimo (Inuit of Noveau Quebec), Fort Chimo, Ungava Bay area, Canada. Collected by L. M. Turner ca. 1884? Complete model shaman's costume, used as a hunting talisman to draw deer to a desired locality. Hung on a pole by a shaman, the costume is intended to represent a particular, often famous, hunter or conjurer. this particular costume was intended to represent Sa'pa, a celebrated hunter and conjurer living on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay. See Turner, The Ethnology of the Hudson Bay District, BAE AR #11, pp. 196-201 for detailed description and illustrations.This costume was found stored in many different places, w/ a variety of catalogue numbers. Since no reliable Turner number can be found, the entire costume will be cataloged w/ this T-number. (See individual cat. cards for number histories.) Loan Glenbow 11-13-1987, loan returned Nov 25, 1988. Illus.: The Spirit Sings catalogue, Glenbow-Alberta Inst., 1987, #A24, p. 117." As of 1987, the parts of this costume located were the parka, the pair of mittens, the pair of leggings, a doll or amulet that hung on the belt of the costume, and four other belt ornaments. In 2024 the belt was located under number ET10488; the number for the belt was then changed to ET982-7, and the belt was reunited with the set. See T number catalogue card file for cards with detailed descriptions of the individual parts of the costume.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Dec 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Ungava Bay, Labrador, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 999999
label: USNM Number
content: ET982-2
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mitten