Mittens

Museum number:
2-2211a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21022211a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
1 pair beaver fur mittens. Decorated with embroidered red flannel, wool braided string and tassels.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Upper Yukon River, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
; Upper Yukon
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Castor canadensis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mittens (handwear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Loans:
S1973-1974 #49: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 4, 1973–August 8, 1974)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mittens, accession number 2-2211a,b, described as 1 pair beaver fur mittens. Decorated with embroidered red flannel, wool braided string and tassels.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mittens, accession number 2-2211a,b, described as 1 pair beaver fur mittens. Decorated with embroidered red flannel, wool braided string and tassels.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mittens, accession number 2-2211a,b, described as 1 pair beaver fur mittens. Decorated with embroidered red flannel, wool braided string and tassels.

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