Seal Gut Shirt Ornamented
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1872
name: label: Donor Name
content: Vincent Colyer
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1976."
label: Notes
content: As of 2011, condition of this parka is poor.
label: Notes
content: Illus. Fig. 4, a-d in Reed, Fran, "Embellishments of the Alaska Native Gut Parka" (2008). Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings. Paper 283. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/283 . Identified there as Koniag, unknown date. "[T]his rare parka ... is made of summer gut and is a perfect example of the use of embellishments to shake off the water. The long strands and tufts of red and black wool yarn propel the water off the garment. It is in very poor condition but the dyed seal skin trim and beaded tassel at the end of the cuff strings indicate that it was an often-used garment for travel in the kayak. The hunter would tie his parka around the kayak hole and then tie the hood and cuffs tight in order for the parka to become completely waterproof even were the kayak should flip. The garment is stitched with sinew using a couching stitch with caribou hair."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kodiak Island, Kodiak Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Koniag
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 002478
label: USNM Number
content: E11380-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Parka