Woman's Parka

Yup'ik
Western Arctic
Arctic

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collected early 20th century

Ground squirrel, caribou, wolf, and wolverine fur

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Charles Sheldon

50.42.12477

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Clothing: Outerwear

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Charles Alexander Sheldon (1867-1928); to his wife, Louise Walker Gulliver Sheldon (1867-1950), Woodstock, Vermont; given to present collection, 1950.

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