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Object Number 88-51-10/50220
Display Title Mitts - men's dance gauntlets
Descriptions
Object Description Mitts - men's dance gauntlets
Inventory Description Mittens, gauntlets, brown/white skin, puffin beaks/rattles, white skin tassels
Classification
  • Mitten
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Dimensions Overall: 47 x 19.2 x 2.8 cm (18 1/2 x 7 9/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 50220 & [33142]\Norton Sd. Nelson
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (01/01/1888)

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