Disguise For Seal Hunting Cap
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Oct 1913
name: label: Collector
content: Riley D. Moore
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. National Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Conical cap of seal hide placed on the head of the hunter who is creeping up on a seal."
label: Notes
content: This object is indexed in our catalog as a 'hat' but it more likely would have been worn over the face like a mask. In fact, the catalog information describes it as a 'disguise' to be worn while seal hunting, to allow the hunter to more easily approach a seal without frightening it away.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Dec 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, Alaska, United States, North America
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: 055962
label: USNM Number
content: E280196-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat