Mittens

Museum number:
2-71318a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210271318a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4241
Description:
A pair; yellow leather palm; black wool like pile back; short black imitation fur lining; trimmed with white fur; a long braid of multi-colored yarns with two tassles connects the pair.
Donor:
Karen Randlev
Collection place:
Point Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Barrow
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Inupiaq
Maker or artist:
Roxy Ekowanna
Collector:
Karen Randlev
Collection date:
1977
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mittens (handwear)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 15 centimeters, height 4 centimeters, length 25 centimeters, and braid— length 140 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mittens, accession number 2-71318a,b, described as A pair; yellow leather palm; black wool like pile back; short black imitation fur lining; trimmed with white fur; a long braid of multi-colored yarns with two tassles connects the pair.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mittens, accession number 2-71318a,b, described as A pair; yellow leather palm; black wool like pile back; short black imitation fur lining; trimmed with white fur; a long braid of multi-colored yarns with two tassles connects the pair.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mittens, accession number 2-71318a,b, described as A pair; yellow leather palm; black wool like pile back; short black imitation fur lining; trimmed with white fur; a long braid of multi-colored yarns with two tassles connects the pair.

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