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Object Number
94-38-10/87064
Display Title
Pair of mittens made of moose or caribou skin and sewn with thread
Descriptions
Object Description
Pair of mittens made of moose or caribou skin and sewn with thread. Elaborate floral design embroidery with bundles of moosehair. Coomercial rickrack applied at wrist area.
Inventory Description
Mittens, sewn hide, embroidered floral design of colored thread
Classification
- Mitten
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1890
Culture
- Montagnais
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
Materials
Hide, Cotton
Dimensions
24 x 12 cm
Quantity
1
Provenance
Intermediary
Archibald R. Tisdale
(1892)
Collector
Pere Charles Arnaud
(1892)
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