DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada
Child’s imarnin (gut parka or raincoat)
NameChild's gut parka or raincoat
CultureYup'ik
Dateca. 1890
Place madeSivuqaq (St. Lawrence Island), Alaska, United States, Bering Sea, North America
MediumWalrus gut, cotton, grass
DimensionsH 29" x W 35.5" x D 7" Waist: 38"
Face opening: 23.0 cm x 18.0 cm
Face opening: 23.0 cm x 18.0 cm
Credit LineGift of the Neutrogena Corporation
Object numberA.1994.47.1
DescriptionRows of opened seal gut sewn together w/sinew. Attached hood. Sleeve edges and hood edged w/blue figured calico. Sleeve rows of gut horizontal as those in body.Early 20th century
Early 20th Century
early 20th century
1922
Artist Not Recorded
late 20th Century
ca.1940s
Late 20th century
1990, donor