Infant's Capuchin Or Hood Item Number: E1688-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "DEER SKIN. THIS OBJECT WAS T-1026. THE OBJECT, A HOOD, SAYS 1686 BUT THAT IS A CHILD'S SHIRT WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FOUND."This object is listed, but not described or analyzed, in 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/192 , retrieved 2-2-2020. General information on hoods or caps is available here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/15: Caps were used by themselves or under parka hoods to provide extra protection against the cold.
Item History
- Made in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Collected in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Received from Roderick R. MacFarlane on December 21, 1866
What
- Name
- Infant's Capuchin Or Hood
- Identification Number
- E1688-0
- Type of Item
- hood
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