Mittens

Museum number:
2-71404a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210271404a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4468
Description:
Fur with cotton flannel cloth lining, tied together with braided strands of dark red and blue wool yarn, trimmed with pom-poms of same wool yarn. Hand sewn.
Donor:
Murial Cook
Collection place:
Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Western Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Clara Hayes Gaddie Moon
Collection date:
1933-1957
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mittens (handwear)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 28 centimeters, length 50 centimeters, and height 4 centimeters
Comment:
References: Sturtevant, William C., ed. Handbook of North American Indians, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1984, Volume 5, p. 286, Fig. 1, p. 289, p. 304, Fig. 1.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mittens, accession number 2-71404a,b, described as Fur with cotton flannel cloth lining, tied together with braided strands of dark red and blue wool yarn, trimmed with pom-poms of same wool yarn. Hand sewn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mittens, accession number 2-71404a,b, described as Fur with cotton flannel cloth lining, tied together with braided strands of dark red and blue wool yarn, trimmed with pom-poms of same wool yarn. Hand sewn.

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