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A Mantle (cotsack) of Knutka [Nootka] Sound

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

March 28, 1805

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 2

Additional Source Text:

United States Gazette (Philadelphia), 7 Feb 1806 adds: displayed "in the department with the Mammoth, &c."

Notes:

A cotsack (also cutsark, cootsack) was a robe made of three or more sea otter skins. See https://chinookjargon.com/2017/11/29/cutsarks/?unapproved=30197&moderat…