Mitten
2003-43-21B
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
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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