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Collection	ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object Name	Mother Hubbard
	coat
	Parka
	jacket
Object Number	ABDUA:38868
Creator	Lib494
Brief Description	Child's Mother Hubbard. The donor has provided the following information: "This was made for my five year old daughter. An Inuit friend cut out the cloth and the cover and supervised my sewing. The ruff was made in the local Women's Co-operative Fur Workshop from wolf skin with Arctic fox round the face, muskrat at the wrists and more wolf round the hem. This was standard Western Arctic women's wear - far warmer than anything one could buy. My daughter played outside quite happily in temperatures of 40 below. Everyone had a new cotton print cover at Christmas and at Easter."
Materials	wolf skin, Arctic fox, muskrat, textile
Object Production Date	1962
Place Key	North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Mackenzie Delta, Aklavik
Object History Note	The object was displayed in the first exhibition ('100 Curiosities') at King's Museum which opened in April 2011.
Aquisition Source	Wake, Belinda
Aquisition Date	18/02/2011

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