Woman's parka

Object Details

Culture/People: Caribou Inuit (Caribou Eskimo) [Sharwaktormiut]
Collector: Sergeant William Osborne Douglas (W.O. Douglas), Non-Indian, ca. 1895-1978
Previous owner: Sergeant William Osborne Douglas (W.O. Douglas), Non-Indian, ca. 1895-1978
Possible owner: Edward Wade Darbey, Non-Indian, 1872-1922; Edith H. Darbey (Edith H. Parker/Mrs. Edward W. Darbey), Non-Indian, 1875-1965
Possible seller: Edith H. Darbey (Edith H. Parker/Mrs. Edward W. Darbey), Non-Indian, 1875-1965
MAI agent: William Wildschut (Willem Wildschut), Non-Indian, 1883-1955

Collection History: Collected by Sergeant William Osborne Douglas (ca. 1895-1978, of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police) between 1913 and 1923; possibly acquired by Edward Wade Darbey (1872-1922, a Winnipeg, Manitoba, taxidermist and owner of an Indian curio store); purchased for MAI in 1925 in Winnipeg by anthropologist and MAI field agent William (Willem) Wildschut (1883-1955), possibly from Edward Darbey's widow, Edith H. Parker Darbey (1875-1965).
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Object Name: Woman's parka
Media/Materials: Caribou hide/skin, wool cloth, glass bead/beads, caribou tooth/teeth, metal items, walrus ivory, coin/coins, ammunition cartridge/cartridges, brass bell/bells, brass button/buttons, hide thong/babiche, thread, sinew
Techniques: Sewn, overlay beadwork, strung, fringed
Dimensions: 143 x 65 x 30 cm

See related items: Caribou Inuit (Caribou Eskimo) [Sharwaktormiut]; Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (fitted)
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c4a9e9db-2672-4de9-9517-ba3c0a00555a