Museum catalogue: Arctic Material Culture Collection
Mitten
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Accession no.: | Y: 49/32/1a-b | ||||||||||
Title: | Mitten | ||||||||||
Description: | Mittens, one pair, seal skin. Iglulingmiut (Iglulik Inuit). Made by wife of Atagusyogasiak, Iglulik, Nunavut, Canada, 24 August 1948. | ||||||||||
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Number of items: | 2 | ||||||||||
Full description: |
One pair, wrist-length. Each is made from basically four pieces of dehaired cream seal skin (Ringed Seal - from documentation). One piece forms the back of the hand and is turned over the sides and crimped around the ends of the fingers. A single piece of same forms the palm and underside of the thumb. A third piece forms the front of the wrist and top of the thumb. A rectangular strip of same (32 mm wide) is attached around the straight upper edge. Structural sewing is with sinew (caribou - from documentation). b - hole back of hand repaired with seal skin patch on interior sewn with sinew. |
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