Object Details
Culture/People
Caribou Inuit [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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Date created
1890-1920
Catalog Number
13/7198
Barcode
137198.000
Object Type
Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (fitted)
Indigenous Term
tuilli
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
Place
Yathkyed Lake; Kivalliq Region (Keewatin); Nunavut; Canada
See related items
Caribou Inuit [Sharwaktormiut]
Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (fitted)
On View
NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_147270