- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; hair; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0097 a,b
- Description
- A white duffle cloth parka with blue cotton shell. (a) wool parka, white with thick white fur around hood and stylized woolen flowers embroidered in many colours down each side of front zipper, around hem, and around bottoms of sleeves. Twisted red and yellow wool drawstring with large tassels, thr…
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- Title
- Parka
- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; hair; metal
- Dimensions
- 59.0 x 111.0 cm
- Description
- A white duffle cloth parka with blue cotton shell. (a) wool parka, white with thick white fur around hood and stylized woolen flowers embroidered in many colours down each side of front zipper, around hem, and around bottoms of sleeves. Twisted red and yellow wool drawstring with large tassels, through hood. Mostly handstitched and unlined. Back and hood of one piece with front inset at shoulders,full length front zipper. (b) cotton shell, blue with embroidered ribbon and rickrack of pink, red and green forming border around hem and bottoms of sleeves. Green and blue yarn drawstring through hood, tassels at ends. Cut same as parka with full length zipper, but mostly machine stitched.
- Subject
- households
- CRW
- Inuit
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0097 a,b
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