Mittens

Museum number:
2-107a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Pair salmon skin mittens, fur trim at cuffs.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mittens (handwear)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Used to fit a doll. Regardless of the material, mittens were pretty easy to make, but they make handling things quite difficult and have to be removed when hunting, for example. Additionally, though they do keep hands warmer when worn, they require removal and exposing the accumulated moisture can make hands more numb than if they were to just wear gloves.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 7.8 centimeters
Comment:
cf. Hatt, Gudmund, and Kirsten Taylor. "Arctic Skin Clothing in Eurasia and America an Ethnographic Study." Arctic Anthropology 5, no. 2 (1969): 3-132. Nelson, Richard K. Alaskan Eskimo exploitation of the sea ice environment. WISCONSIN UNIV-MADISON DEPT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, 1966.
Loans:
S1971-1972 #101: The George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library (UC Berkeley) (February 23, 1972–March 6, 1973)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mittens, accession number 2-107a,b, described as Pair salmon skin mittens, fur trim at cuffs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mittens, accession number 2-107a,b, described as Pair salmon skin mittens, fur trim at cuffs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mittens, accession number 2-107a,b, described as Pair salmon skin mittens, fur trim at cuffs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mittens, accession number 2-107a,b, described as Pair salmon skin mittens, fur trim at cuffs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mittens, accession number 2-107a,b, described as Pair salmon skin mittens, fur trim at cuffs.

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