Survey of studied parkas from Nuulliit, Siberia, Alaska, Canadian Northwest Territories, and Greenland.
| REGION | GUT‐SKIN PARKAS | CLOTHING ELEMENTS | SEWING WITH SINEW | TRIMMINGS | PARKA MEASUREMENTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory number/ dating Male (M) Female (F) | Strip orientation | Gut‐strip width (cm) | Yoke: over crown to shoulders | Triangular throat piece | Double hood roots front, back | Sleeve gussets | Shoulder strip front to back | Lower bottom: flaps front, back, or straight cut | Stitches used for sewing strips together | Number of stitches pr. 10 cm | Hood opening, sleeves, and lower bottom: dehaired seal skin | Material consumption1(m2) | Back length (cm) | Wrist‐to‐wrist length (cm) |
| Nuulliit, northern Greenland L3.12893/1400 | Vertical; horizontal hood back | 4–8 | Yes | Yes | Front, back | Yes | Yes | Large flaps | Overcast Running stitch | 25–30 25–30 | Yes: hood, lower bottom. Sleeves: gut skin | 1.403 | 131 | 130 |
| L3.12894/1400 | Vertical; horizontal hood back | Up to 13 | Yes | Not preserved | Only preserved back | Not preserved | Not preserved | Large flap: front | Overcast | Up to 40 | No: stitching at folded gut skin at hood | Not measurable | Not measurable | |
| L3.12895/1400 | Vertical | 4–11 | Yes | Yes | Front, back | Not preserved | Yes | Large flap: back | Overcast | 25–30 | Trimmings not preserved | Not measurable | Not measurable | |
| Alaska | ||||||||||||||
| P32.5/1925 (M) | Vertical | 7–11 | Yes | Yes | Front, back | Yes | No | Straight cut | Running stitch | 20–25 | Yes | 1.7452 | 98 | 150 |
| P32.6/1925 (M) | Vertical | 9–11 | Yes | Yes | Front, back | Yes | No | Straight cut | Running stitch | 20–40 | Yes | 1.166 | 83 | 130 |
| P32.274/1926 (M) | Vertical | 9–10 | Yes | No | Front, back | Yes | No | Straight cut | Running stitch | 20–30 | No (seal fur) | 1.381 | 111 | 160 |
| P.6503/1945 (M) | Vertical | 7–11 | Yes | No | Front, back | Yes | No | Straight cut | Running stitch | 30 | Yes | 1.802 | 105 | 136 |
| Eastern Greenland | ||||||||||||||
| Lc.220/1846 (M) | Vertical | 9–10 | No | No | Front, back | Yes | No | Straight cut | Overcast | 40–50 | Yes | 0.964 | 84 | 133 |
| Ld.34/1884 (M) | Vertical | 9–14 | No | No | Front, back | Yes | No | Straight cut | Overcast | 25–30 | Yes | 1.323 | 81 | 175 |
| Ld.35.1/1884 (M) | Vertical | 7–10 | No | No | Front, back | Yes | No | Straight cut | Overcast | 25–30 | Yes | 1.010 | 85 | 162 |
| 1418XLd.68.2/1886 (M) | Vertical | 8–11 | No | No | Front, back | Yes | No | Straight cut | Overcast | 25–30 | Yes | 1.181 | 92 | 146 |
| Siberia, Alaska, the Northwest Territories | ||||||||||||||
| Kc.99/1860 (M) | Caribou | No | No | Front | Yes | No | Straight cut | Overcast | 25 | Wolverine, dog | 1.8243 | 113 | 160 | |
| P.1334/1935 (F) | Caribou | No | No | Front, back | Yes | No | Large flaps | Overcast | 50–60 | Caribou, wolverine | 1.215 | 122 | 130 | |
| Hc.414/1860 (M) | Marmot | No | No | Front | Yes | No | Small flaps | Overcast | 50–60 | Not identified | 1.413 | 113 | 160 | |