Child's Pullover Hood Or Cap
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Jan 1869
name: label: Donor Name
content: Roderick R. MacFarlane
notes: label: Notes
content: Description under remarks section of catalogue card for 7731-7732, actually applies only to 7732. 7731 is a small fur hood, the object described on the catalogue card as a "head covering (capuchin)."
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/152 , retrieved 2-10-2020: Child's caribou skin pullover hood or cap. The back of the hood is made using hide from the head of a caribou calf, and a ruff of wolverine fur is sewn around the opening for the face. Pieces of dark and white bands of caribou skin surround the openings for the face and neck. A fringe of caribou skin strips surrounds the bottom of the hood. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/15: Caps were used by themselves or under parka hoods to provide extra protection against the cold.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Anderson, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, Inuvialuk (Inuvialuit)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 69A00012
label: USNM Number
content: E7731-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hood