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Object Number 15-36-10/86429
Display Title Knuckle covers of ermine skins and stings of buckskin.
Descriptions
Object Description Knuckle covers of ermine skins and stings of buckskin.
Inventory Description Uncalssified buckskin and white animal fur outerwear. Fringed, 2 leather straps
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Fur, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 25 x 16 x 0.4 cm (9 13/16 x 6 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 86429
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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