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Object Number 2004.24.15325
Display Title Robe made of intestines
Descriptions
Object Description Worn over ordinary garment in wet weather. The yoke and borders are made of seal skin (young), hair cut short and with parchment variously colored made from gullet of young seal.
Keywords
  • Clothing and Accessory
  • Ethnographic
  • Studio
Subject
  • Seal
  • Robe
Department Photographic
Date 1941
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Aleut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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