Parka
Amalik, Canadian, active 20th century
Canadian Inuit
Central Arctic
about 1977
Cotton, wool, cotton binding, wool binding, aniline dyes, natural dyes, thread, fur
Length: 40 in. (101.6 cm)
Width: 19 in. (48.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Douglas G. Harp
2019.52.2
Geography
Place Made: Taloyoak, Kitikmeot, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed in stiched syllabics [Inuktitut], Amalik.
Provenance
Commissioned by Douglas G. Harp, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1976; given to present collection, 2019.
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