Gutskin Parka
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1866
label: Collection Date
content: 1866
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. William W. Winsor
label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THIS WAS MISTAKENLY LISTED AS MADE BY THE MAKAH INDIANS, NEEAH BAY, PUGET SOUND. AN ORIGINAL TAG WAS FOUND INSIDE THE PARKA READING: "DRESS MADE FROM INTESTINES OF BEAR BY INDIANS OF KODIAK RUSSIAN AMERICA. WORN IN RAINY WEATHER. CONTRIBUTED TO SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BY CAPT. W. W. WINSOR. SENT BY J. G. SWAN, NEEAH BAY, W. T., SEPT. 1866". INVENTORIED 1976."
label: Notes
content: James Gilchrist Swan diary No. 10, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, PNW03752, entry for Sep. 11, 1866, appears to describe E4123, E4128, and E4129, given to James G. Swan by William W. Winsor, who acquired the pieces on a fishing voyage to the Kodiak Island area: " ... Cap Smalleys schooner Capt Crosby arrived today from Kodiac, where she has been on a cod fishing voyage[.] Capt Crosby, Capt Winsor and another man came ashore & stated that they had found good fishing grounds and had taken about 8000 fish and could have taken more but their provisions gave out[.] They were well satisfied with the trip as it proved the fact of the existence of fishing banks within 15 days sail of this place[.] Capt Winsor gave me a sealskin coat such as is worn by the natives, a hunting pouch and a little bird made of threads very prettily done by the Indians [.] ..."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Aug 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kodiak Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Koniag (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000886
label: USNM Number
content: E4129-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Parka