Gut Parka "Imarnin"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: Apr 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Ann Fienup-Riordan
label: Donor Name
content: Ann Fienup-Riordan
notes: label: Notes
content: MAN'S SEAL GUT RAINCOAT, "IMARNIN", PIECED ENTIRELY FROM NARROW STRIPS OF DRIED SEAL INTESTINE. HOODED PULLOVER PARKA STYLE, LONG-SLEEVED, GUT STRIPS RUN HORIZONTALLY AROUND WIDTH. SEAMS ARE DOUBLED TO MAKE WATERPROOF, SEWN WITH COLORED COTTON THREAD, WRAPPED AROUND STRANDS OF GRASS TO STRENGTHEN. COTTON CORD DRAWSTRING AROUND HOOD. MADE BY FRANCIS USUGAN (PIUK), AGE 63, FOR USE BY GRANDSON, NEW WHEN PURCHASED. TRADITIONAL MALE STYLE (UNDECORATED), FOR USE IN HUNTING/FISHING AND CERTAIN CEREMONIES. (SEE ACC. FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION).
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=714 , retrieved 10-23-2021; see web page for additional information: Gut parka, "imarnin", Yup'ik Parkas made from cleaned and dried seal intestines are light, strong, and waterproof. The hood and sleeves have drawstrings to keep out leaks and the bottom of the parka could be tied around a kayak cockpit to prevent waves and rain from coming in. In rough waves a kayaker's life literally depended on the protection of his gut parka, which was tough enough to withstand a capsize and roll without leaking. The bottom of this parka is cut straight across in a man's style, whereas a woman's garment would be rounded on the bottom and vented up the sides.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nelson Island, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 366838
label: USNM Number
content: E424209-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Parka
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 112 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 153 cm