Mittens

Museum number:
2-89a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020089a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Pair, polar bear. "These mitts are made of the head and neck of a polar bear, half of head on each hand - showing one ear on each wrist.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mittens (handwear)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 28 centimeters, height 4 centimeters, and length 43 centimeters
Loans:
S1965-1966 #23: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (September 29, 1965–September 29, 1965), S1986-1987 #16: Stan Musilek (January 20, 1987–January 21, 1987), and S1988-1989 #42: Heffernan Films (May 19, 1989–May 24, 1989)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mittens, accession number 2-89a,b, described as Pair, polar bear. "These mitts are made of the head and neck of a polar bear, half of head on each hand - showing one ear on each wrist.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mittens, accession number 2-89a,b, described as Pair, polar bear. "These mitts are made of the head and neck of a polar bear, half of head on each hand - showing one ear on each wrist.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mittens, accession number 2-89a,b, described as Pair, polar bear. "These mitts are made of the head and neck of a polar bear, half of head on each hand - showing one ear on each wrist.

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