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Caribou Inuit (Caribou Eskimo [Sharwaktormiut]) amauti (woman’s parka)

1890-1925

Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian

Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Washington, DC, and New York, NY, United States

Details

  • Title: Caribou Inuit (Caribou Eskimo [Sharwaktormiut]) amauti (woman’s parka)
  • Date Created: 1890-1925
  • Location: Yathkyed Lake; Kivalliq Region (Keewatin); Nunavut; Canada
  • Physical Dimensions: 143 x 65 x 30 cm
  • Type: Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (fitted)
  • Medium: 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
  • Culture: Caribou Inuit (Caribou Eskimo [Sharwaktormiut])
  • Catalog Number: 13/7198

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