Cap Or Hat Worn By Young Men At Dances
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Dec 1882
name: label: Collector
content: William J. Fisher
label: Donor Name
content: William J. Fisher
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "A-luk-tshuch-wa." Illus. Fig. 183, p. 192 in Crowell, Aron, Amy F. Steffian, and Gordon L. Pullar. 2001. Looking both ways: heritage and identity of the Alutiiq people. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press. Identified there: Ceremonial ermine cap, 1879-82. This hat was "worn by young men at dances and festivals," according to William J. Fisher. It is made from whole winter skins of ermine. The ermine heads have black beads for eyes and wear nose ornaments and necklaces. The central front part of the hat is made from iridescent cormorant breasts. The bottom band is red cloth with beaded designs.
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 http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=154, retrieved 9-6-2012: Hat, Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), Koniag. allugaq, all'ugaq "hat" - Language: Koniag Sugpiaq (Alaska Peninsula dialect)
label: Notes
content: 1989 analysis of fur by Bonnie Farmer, NMNH Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology: Mustella erminea / Shorttail Weasel/Ermine: Forms body of hat. Unknown: Long pale strands forming tufts attached to top of hat, most closely resemble hair of Ursus arctos (Grizzly bear). A sample was examined by Bob Mann, NMNH Dept. of Anthropology; human hair was eliminated as a possibility.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Feb 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Alaska Peninsula / Bristol Bay / 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: 012209
label: USNM Number
content: E72471-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 20 cm