Woman'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 ot outer jacket, breeches, boots and stockings." Accession record identifies AMNH #s for these as outer jacket AMNH #60/568, breeches AMNH # 60/621, boots AMNH # 60/440, and stockings AMNH #60/570. AMNH catalogue book entry for 60/621 calls it fox skin pants. - F. Pickering 5-17-2005. In 2005 Suzanne Peurach of NMNH Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology sampled/analyzed hairs from various sections of the parka and trousers. Parka hood lining has been identified as Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus). Back of parka hood, back of parka, arms, sides and arm trim identified as Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus). Parka tail identified as Ermine (Mustela erminea). Trim on parka tail identified as Seal (Phoca sp.). Fur on trousers in center, sides and back identified as Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus). White under-hair with stiff white over-hair just below center front is identified as Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus.)
label: Notes
content: In 2005 Suzanne Peurach of NMNH Department of Vertebrate Zoology sampled/analyzed hairs from this object for identification purposes. The microscope slides containing these samples each note 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 a) Parka U. maritimus Slide b) Parka Alopex Slide c) Parka Arctic fox Slide c) (2nd slide) Arctic fox Slide d) Parka Alopex lagopus Slide e) Parka Mustela erminea Slide f) Parka (adult) Phoca sp. Slide g) Parka Alopex Slide h) Parka Alopex lagopus Slide a) Short pants Alopex Slide b) Shorts U. maritimus Slide c) Short pants Alopex lagopus Slide d) Short pants Alopex
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: E209179-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Parka