Gut Parka
Yup'ik, Western Arctic, Arctic
mid-20th century
Seal gut (intestine), cloth, thread, and grass
Overall: 48 7/16 in. (123 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Dr. Philip O. Nice and Cheryl Roussain-Nice
180.29.25951
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Classification
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Course History
NAS 37, ANTH 37, Alaska: American Dreams and Native Realities, Sergei Kan, Spring 2015
NAS 10, ANTH 4, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Sergei Kan, Winter 2015
NAS 10, ANTH 4, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Sergei Kan, Winter 2015
NAS 37, ANTH 47, Alaska: American Dreams and Native Realities, Sergei Kan, Winter 2014
ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2013
NAS 10, ANTH 4, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Sergei Kan, Winter 2013
ANTH 11, NAS 11, Ancient Native Americans, Deborah Nichols, William Fitzhugh, Winter 2013
NAS 10, ANTH 4, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Sergei Kan, Spring 2012
ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2012
Exhibition History
Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment, Friends and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Juanuary 27-May 13,2007.
Survival/Art/History: American Indian Collections from the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 18, 2000-April 7, 2002.
Sculpture and Sculptor's Drawings, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, SArt 16,21, and 73, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 20-October 7, 1996.
Race to the Top: Arctic Inspiration 1909 & Today, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, January 23-May 17, 2009.
Publication History
Nicole Stuckenberger, Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 55, no.44.
Provenance
Dr. Philip O. Nice (1917-2002) and Cheryl Roussain-Nice, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1980.
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