Wool socks

Museum number:
2-56546a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
11 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2862
Description:
Socks, long; white “duffle” i.e. fulled wool; varicolored wool and silk embroidery; buckskin soles; length each 43 cm. Worn inside long boots and moccasins in winter in house and on hard snow by men and women. Native name and meaning: nippe yo wah shagen: nippe: water; agen: motion.
Donor:
Lucy W. Turner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Great Whale River, Quebec, Canada
Culture or time period:
Cree
Maker or artist:
Lucy Rupert [Cree] and Susan Kawapit [Cree]
Collector:
Lucy W. Turner
Collection date:
July 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
February 20, 1974
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wool socks, accession number 2-56546a,b, described as Socks, long; white “duffle” i.e. fulled wool; varicolored wool and silk embroidery; buckskin soles; length each 43 cm. Worn inside long boots and moccasins in winter in house and on hard snow by men and women. Native name and meaning: nippe yo wah shagen: nippe: water; agen: motion.

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