Hunting Cap Worn By Men
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Dec 1882
name: label: Collector
content: William J. Fisher
label: Donor Name
content: William J. Fisher
notes: label: Notes
content: Accession record and Anthropology ledger book both list provenience for this object as Katmai. "Matshatna River" I.D. only applies to 72487.
label: Notes
content: From card: "A-luk-tschuch-wak." From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "A band of sealskin trimmed with caribou, seal fur, and split quills. Top of marmot skin trimmed with sealskin embroidered with split quills, bits of duck's plumage, seal fur, &c. Worn by men. Length, 10 ins. Height, 5 ins."
label: Notes
content: 1989 analysis of fur by Bonnie Farmer, NMNH Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology: Rangifer tarandus / Caribou/Reindeer: Short, white, stiff and friable white hairs found as narrow band around bottom rim and used in white stitching on red leather trim on sides and top of hat. Enhydra lutris / Sea Otter: Longish, soft brown fur forming wide band around lower rim. Spermophilus parryi / Arctic Ground Squirrel: Formed main body of hat (sides and top), small tufts of which remain; includes fringe of tassels sewn into seam encircling top of hat. Mustella vision / Mink: Forms only the brown tassels and their bases, attached to leather trim on top of hat. Unknown/Tentative Identification: Long strands of hair sewn into seam encircling top of hat, and attached to leather trim on top of hat most closely resemble hair of Gulo luscus (Wolverine).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Feb 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Katmai, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Kiatichmiut
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 012209
label: USNM Number
content: E72486-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat