2 Odd Gloves, Fur Inside Item Number: E7647-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Gloves ares listed, but not described or analyzed, in 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/266 , retrieved 2-7-2020. General information on gloves is available here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/24: Gloves in the MacFarlane Collection are made from caribou skin, and often are decorated with beads, wool or by piecing together contrasting pieces of skin. Gloves might be worn with outer mitts for added warmth.
Item History
- Made in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Collected in Northwest Territories, Canada
- Received from Roderick R. MacFarlane on January 7, 1869
What
- Name
- 2 Odd Gloves, Fur Inside
- Identification Number
- E7647-0
- 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 January 7, 1869
Other
- Accession Number
- 69A00012