Caribou Skin Gloves (1 Pair) Item Number: E1728-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1, PL. XX-2, P. 58."Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/66 , retrieved 12-27-2019: A pair of fancy caribou skin gloves. The fingers are each made from a separate piece with the seam along the top sewn onto the hand piece. Decorative trims around the cuffs, across the knuckles and outlining the thumbs are pieced with strips of clipped dark and light caribou hide. Pieces of dark caribou skin are prominent on front and back of the gloves. A strip of wolverine fur with red ochre colouring encircles the cuffs.
Item History
- Made in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Collected in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Received from Roderick R. MacFarlane on December 21, 1866
What
- Name
- Caribou Skin Gloves (1 Pair)
- Identification Number
- E1728-0
- Type of Item
- glove
Who
- Culture
- Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
- Received from
- Roderick R. MacFarlane
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Northwest Territories, Canada
- Collected in
- Northwest Territories, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on December 21, 1866
Other
- Accession Number
- 66A00090