Woman's Gut Parka
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1880
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1976."
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=570 , retrieved 1-6-2022; see web page for additional information: Gut parka, Inupiaq. Waterproof hooded parkas made from processed seal intestines (gut) were ideal for wet weather and ocean travel, and were worn during ceremonies as well. They were sewn with fine sinew thread and special leak-proof seams. This woman's gut parka from Golovin Bay has side vents and rounded bottom flaps in both front and back, the same design as a woman's fur parka.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Golovnin Bay, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 80A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E43337-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Parka
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 117 cm