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1916.35.5.1

Pair of gauntlets, made of dark and light coloured seal-skin, right [.1] and left [.2]. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 31/3/2005]

1916.35.5.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pair of gauntlets, made of dark and light coloured seal-skin, right [.1] and left [.2]. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 31/3/2005]
Long description
Pair of gauntlets, made of dark and light coloured seal-skin, right [.1] and left [.2]. The gauntlets are mittens with a wide cuff. The gloves are made from four large pieces of light coloured skin, bordered with dark coloured strips of skin. The palm is made of a dark coloured piece of skin. The cuff is dark coloured skin. [MJD (Verve) 28/07/2015]
Cultural groups
Inuit (Greenland)
Inuit
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Beatrice Braithwaite Batty
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1916
Date collected
By 1916
Acquisition information
Donated: 12/1916
Materials and processes
Material Seal Skin Animal, Material Sinew, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Length: max 425 mm, Width: max 222 mm, Width: max 210 mm, Length: max 430 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1916.35.5.1 Accession number: 1916.35.5.2

Search terms: Clothing Handgear, Hunting, Armour Weapon, Gauntlet Armour, Handgear, Hunting accessory, Glove

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