Wool socks

Museum number:
2-56545a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210256545a@2cb
Alternate number:
32 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2862
Description:
Socks, long; white “duffle” i.e. fulled wool; blue and white wool embroidery on cuffs and foot part; height each 52 cm. Worn inside long boots with moccasins in winter in house and on hard snow by men and women.
Donor:
Lucy W. Turner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada
Culture or time period:
Cree
Collector:
Lucy W. Turner
Collection date:
February 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
February 20, 1974
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wool socks, accession number 2-56545a,b, described as Socks, long; white “duffle” i.e. fulled wool; blue and white wool embroidery on cuffs and foot part; height each 52 cm. Worn inside long boots with moccasins in winter in house and on hard snow by men and women.

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