Boy's Shirt Item Number: E1696-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/69 , retrieved 12-19-2019: Child's shirt made of caribou skin. The shirt is made with many small pieces of skin, with the fur to the inside. The sleeves extend down to enclose the hands. Around the hem is a fringe made with caribou skin. The shirt is tied at the neck opening and there is no hood on this garment. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/50: Shirts without hoods were worn under parkas in winter, or by themselves in summer.
Item History
- Made in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Collected in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Received from Roderick R. MacFarlane on December 21, 1866
What
- Name
- Boy's Shirt
- Identification Number
- E1696-0
- Type of Item
- shirt
Who
- Culture
- Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
- Received from
- Roderick R. MacFarlane
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Northwest Territories, Canada
- Collected in
- Northwest Territories, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on December 21, 1866
Other
- Accession Number
- 66A00090