Native Cap
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Feb 1884
name: label: Collector
content: William J. Fisher
label: Donor Name
content: William J. Fisher
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "as'-chlu-ak".
label: Notes
content: 1989 analysis of fur by Bonnie Farmer, NMNH Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology: Phoca vitulina / Harbor (Common) Seal: Forms fur encirclingband and contiguoustop rim. triangular patches of blackish and gold. Lutra canadensis / River Otter: Wide band of soft, light brown fur encircling bottom rim. Mustella erminea / Shorttail Weasel/Ermine: Narrow band of soft, white fur encircles hat on side; also encircles top rim and forms patch of white fur in top center. Rangifer tarandus / Caribou/Reindeer: Used to create white stitching on top and long white tassels woven into and extending beyond yarn in top center. Unknown/Tentative Identification: Long strands of blond hair sewn into seam encircling top rim appear structurally similar to Ursus arctos (Grizzly/Alaskan Brown Bear).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Feb 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Douglas (Opposite Kodiak Island), Alaska Peninsula / Shelikof Strait / Cape Douglas, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Kwichamiut
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 014024
label: USNM Number
content: E90447-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat