Polar Bear Skin Gloves Item Number: E1088-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1976."Records in the SI Archives of the Office of Distribution say this was transferred [to whom?] in 1867 but apparently either this is incorrect or it was later returned to the Museum.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/137 , retrieved 12-10-2019: A pair of hide gloves. The left hand glove is notable as it has only three fingers.
Item History
- Made in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Collected in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Received from Roderick R. MacFarlane on May 18, 1865
What
- Name
- Polar Bear Skin Gloves
- Identification Number
- E1088-0
- 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 May 18, 1865
Other
- Accession Number
- 65A00065