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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6911, described as Woman's parka, with a complex check-work pattern with sleeves and hood of ground squirrel skin. Deeply scalloped hem with front and back flaps. Elaborate hood of ground squirrel and white caribou; red thread and clipped caribou decoration. Hem has similar decoration. Cuffs of wolverine. Sinew thread used. Possibly made with mink.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6693, described as Man's parka "two-skin" cut with sleeves and hood. Straight-cut hip-length hem. Body, hood and sleeves of brown caribou. Modified "three piece" hood without hood-roots, fringed with wolfskin and (cotton ?) thread. Not commercially tanned (fide Ronald W. Senungetuk, July 1987).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6687, described as Woman's parka, complex pattern with sleeves and hood of belly and flank caribou skin. Hem deeply scalloped with front and back flaps of equal length (Knee-length). Modified "three-piece" hood with white hood-roots, wolf and wolverine trim. Body with decorative trim of clipped caribou and red thread. No cuffs or cuff trim.
Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6384, described as Mans, "two-skin" cut with sleeves and body of domestic reindeer (mottled brown and white). No hood. Collar of wolf with inner wolverine neckband. Sleeves wide at shoulder, taper to narrow wolverine cuffs. Hip-length straight-cut hem decorated with caribou and wolverine. Some tanned skins not commercially tanned, fide Ronald W. Senungetuk, July 1987). Made with domesticated reindeer, wolf, wolverine, and sinew thread.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6908, described as Man's parka, "two-skin" cut with sleeves and hood of brown caribou. Gently scalloped hip-length bottom hem. (Rear is 7 cm longer than the front. "Three-piece" hood construction with white hood roots. Elaborate hood facing for wolf, wolverine and caribou. Collar-ties of dyed and braided yarn. Wolverine fringe around the hem and in the center of the back. Made with caribou, wolf, wolverine, sinew thread and wool yarn.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6912, described as Mens, hoodless with thigh-length straight-cut hem, no side-slits. Body and sleeves of domesticated reindeer. Collar of wolfskin with inner lining of wolverine; cuffs and hem trimmed with wolf or possibly dog. No decoration. According to Elizabeth Goodwin (Al. Eskimo, July 1978) this is caribou faun trimmed with wolverine.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Skin, accession number 2-14101, described as Wolverine skin (species Gulo luscus), complete.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Skin, accession number 2-14099, described as Skin of wolverine (species Gulo luscus), complete.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Skin, accession number 2-14098, described as Skin of wolverine (species Gulo luscus), complete.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Trousers, accession number 2-6681, described as Trousers made of caribou skin, hair out. Basic "leggings pants" cut (Hatt 1914) modified by rear crotch gusset. Extensive decorative piecework down front of each leg. Geometric design of white and brown clipped fur and wolverine fringe. Cuffs decorated with fur and leather bands, wolverine fringe. Sewn with sinew thread. No drawstrings or loops.

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