Table 2.

Survey of studied parkas from Nuulliit, Siberia, Alaska, Canadian Northwest Territories, and Greenland.

REGIONGUT‐SKIN PARKASCLOTHING ELEMENTSSEWING WITH SINEWTRIMMINGSPARKA MEASUREMENTS
Inventory number/ dating
Male (M) Female (F)
Strip orientationGut‐strip width (cm)Yoke: over crown to shouldersTriangular throat pieceDouble hood roots front, backSleeve gussetsShoulder strip front to backLower bottom: flaps front, back, or straight cutStitches used for sewing strips togetherNumber of stitches pr. 10 cmHood opening, sleeves, and lower bottom: dehaired seal skinMaterial consumption1(m2)Back length (cm)Wrist‐to‐wrist length (cm)
Nuulliit, northern Greenland
L3.12893/1400
Vertical; horizontal hood back4–8YesYesFront, backYesYesLarge flapsOvercast
Running stitch
25–30
25–30
Yes: hood, lower bottom. Sleeves: gut skin1.403131130
L3.12894/1400Vertical; horizontal hood backUp to 13YesNot preservedOnly preserved backNot preservedNot preservedLarge flap: frontOvercastUp to 40No: stitching at folded gut skin at hoodNot measurableNot measurable
L3.12895/1400Vertical4–11YesYesFront, backNot preservedYesLarge flap: backOvercast25–30Trimmings not preservedNot measurableNot measurable
Alaska
P32.5/1925 (M)Vertical7–11YesYesFront, backYesNoStraight cutRunning stitch20–25Yes1.745298150
P32.6/1925 (M)Vertical9–11YesYesFront, backYesNoStraight cutRunning stitch20–40Yes1.16683130
P32.274/1926 (M)Vertical9–10YesNoFront, backYesNoStraight cutRunning stitch20–30No (seal fur)1.381111160
P.6503/1945 (M)Vertical7–11YesNoFront, backYesNoStraight cutRunning stitch30Yes1.802105136
Eastern Greenland
Lc.220/1846 (M)Vertical9–10NoNoFront, backYesNoStraight cutOvercast40–50Yes0.96484133
Ld.34/1884 (M)Vertical9–14NoNoFront, backYesNoStraight cutOvercast25–30Yes1.32381175
Ld.35.1/1884 (M)Vertical7–10NoNoFront, backYesNoStraight cutOvercast25–30Yes1.01085162
1418XLd.68.2/1886 (M)Vertical8–11NoNoFront, backYesNoStraight cutOvercast25–30Yes1.18192146
Siberia, Alaska, the Northwest Territories
Kc.99/1860 (M)CaribouNoNoFrontYesNoStraight cutOvercast25Wolverine, dog1.8243113160
P.1334/1935 (F)CaribouNoNoFront, backYesNoLarge flapsOvercast50–60Caribou, wolverine1.215122130
Hc.414/1860 (M)MarmotNoNoFrontYesNoSmall flapsOvercast50–60Not identified1.413113160
  • 1. Performed with CAD‐CAM measuring of digital photographs. Areas are corrected by multiplying with 1.174.

  • 2. The corresponding 3D measurement is 1.666 m2.

  • 3. The parka is not measurable in digital photographs because of the many folds in the garment. The result of the 3D measurement is given.