Girl's parka
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Caribou Inuit [Karnermiut/Qaermiut]
- Collector
- Christian Leden, Non-Indian, 1882-1957
- Previous owner
- Christian Leden, Non-Indian, 1882-1957
- Seller
- Christian Leden, Non-Indian, 1882-1957
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Object Name
- Girl's parka
- Media/Materials
- Caribou hide/skin, glass bead/beads, wool cloth, caribou tooth/teeth
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork, strung
- Dimensions
- 71 x 37 x 9.5 cm
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (fitted)
- Native Term
- amautik
- Place
- Chesterfield Inlet (Igluigaarjuk); Kivalliq Region (Keewatin); Nunavut; Canada
- Date created
- 1900-1910
- Collection History
- Collected between 1913 and 1916 by Christian Leden (1882-1957, Arctic explorer); purchased by MAI from Christian Leden in 1917 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
- Catalog Number
- 6/7302
- Barcode
- 067302.000
- See related items
- Caribou Inuit [Karnermiut/Qaermiut]
- Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (fitted)
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, As We Grow: Traditions, Toys, & Games
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement