Ermine Cap, Beaded
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: "laf-ka-shok".
label: Notes
content: 1989 analysis of fur by Bonnie Farmer, NMNH Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology: Mustella erminea / Shorttail Weasel/Ermine: Forms body of cap; includes heads and tails. Enhydra lutris / Sea Otter: Band of short, soft brown fur on front edge; also small tuft of brown fur under front rim. Spermophilus parryi / Arctic Ground Squirrel: Small patches of short reddish/yellowish fur at each end of band of Enhydra. Phoca vitulina / Harbor (Common) Seal: Short stiff, reddish-yellow hair, forms band under front edge. Also closely resembles P. hispida (Ringed Seal). Unknown /Tentative Identification: Long strands of pale blond hair sewn in tufts at several points; 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: Ugashik, Alaska Peninsula / Ugashik River, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Koniag
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 014024
label: USNM Number
content: E90452-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat