Two White Seal Skin Coats 2
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Jan 1874
name: label: Donor Name
content: Frank Y. Commagere
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED BY PROF. S. F. BAIRD. ONE FOUND 12/1975. INVENTORIED 1975." See file for accession #3068. It says that one of these 2 coats was from Greenland and the other was from the west side of Cumberland Gulf (i.e. Baffin Island, Canada). In 2005 Suzanne Peurach of NMNH Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology sampled/analyzed hairs from various sections of the Canadian coat. Main parka skin/fur has been identified as from a seal pup (Phoca sp.) and hood trim has been identified as seal (Phoca sp.). Hood ornament (wooly very curly brown underfur mixed with very long, bicolored (light base, brown tips) guard hairs) has been identified as Wolverine (Gulo luscus). The separate strip of fur has been identified as Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus).
label: Notes
content: In 2005 Suzanne Peurach of NMNH Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology sampled/analyzed hairs from various sections of the Canadian coat. Main parka skin/fur has been identified as from a seal pup (Phoca sp.) and hood trim has been identified as seal (Phoca sp.). Hood ornament (wooly very curly brown underfur mixed with very long, bicolored (light base, brown tips) guard hairs) has been identified as Wolverine (Gulo luscus). The separate strip of fur has been identified as Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus). 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 Phoca sp. Slide b) Parka hood lining (Adult) Phoca sp. Slide d) Parka trim hair sample Ursus maritimus Slide c) Gulo luscus
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Baffin Island, Nunavut, Greenland / Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 74A00010
label: USNM Number
content: E13134-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Coat