Mitten

2003-43-21B

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-21B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Nivkh
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Fur | Fishskin | Metal | Velvet | Cotton
Technique Woven | Sewn | Resist Dyed | Embroidered
Description

Pair of mittens of pelts of two types of fur sewn together; palm area is made of fishskin; wrist is made of strips of dyed embroidered and resist dyed cotton trimmed with blue velvet; lined with fur and undyed cotton.

Length 29 cm
Width 17 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.21 a-b - Other Number | 74-1-152 - Other Number

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