Fish Skin Mittens

Unangax̂ (Aleut)
Western Arctic
Arctic

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collected about 1940

Fish skin, caribou hide, button

Overall: 13 3/8 × 7 1/16 in. (34 × 18 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Corey Ford, Class of 1921H

169.75.24864

Geography

Place Made: Umank Island, Aleutian Islands, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Clothing: Outerwear

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 11, NAS 11, Ancient Native Americans, Deborah Nichols, William Fitzhugh, Winter 2013

Provenance

Collected by Corey Ford (1902-1969, Class of 1921H), on Umnak Island, about 1940; Estate of Corey Ford, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection,1969.

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