МАЭ № 2913-8

Men’s winter headgear

Katmai

prior to 1843

I.G. Voznesenskii's expedition

mink fur, caribou fur, ermine fur, caribou hair, cloth, beads, leather, beads, woolen thread, sinew

length 36 cm, width 19 cm

Headgear No. 2913—8, parka No. 2913—5, breeches No. 2913—6 and boots No. 2913—7/1—2 comprise a set of men’s winter clothing. Three ermine pelts are sewn into this headgear: in the center is a brown pelt (summer color) and on the side are white pelts (winter color). In the Russian source materials of the 19th Century this type of headgear was called a “hood.” This “hood” is similar in form to the hood or cowl removed from a parka. As opposed to a hood on a parka this type of hood does not impede the movement of the head that was important when hunting. Headgear of this type was widely found among the Yup’ik Eskimos of western Alaska from Bristol Bay to the Yukon River, but was not encountered among the Kodiak Alutiit or Chugach.

Ethnography of America