Object Details
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Record ID
- NMAI_147270
