Child`s Bear Gut Parka
Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), Western Arctic, Arctic
collected 1905
Bear gut (intestine), wool yarn, commercial thread, cotton cloth trim, leather
Overall: 14 9/16 in. (37 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9801
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
ANTH 05, Introduction to Archaeology, Nathaniel Kitchel, Summer 2019
Exhibition History
Peoples and Cultures of the Northwest Coast and Arctic Regions, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 22-October 14, 1990.
Native Ecologies: Recycle, Resist, Protect, Sustain, Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-April 21, 2019.
Provenance
Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Bering Sea, Alaska, probably 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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