Parka
50-16-15
From: United States of America | Alaska | Aleutian Islands
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 50-16-15 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Eskimo | Aleut |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Aleutian Islands |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Gutskin | Sealskin |
| Description | Vertical seams. Drawstring around hood. Sleeves "gathered" at wrist. Decoration of dark seal skin at shoulder-sleeve seam and across bottom; smaller strip around hood. On part of jacket, stitching shows on both surfaces and an extra dark sinew thread is worked in on outside; on remainder, stitches not visible on outside. |
| Length | 208.28 cm |
| Width | 139.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Henry V. Gummere, 1950 |
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