Fish Skin Mittens
Unangax̂ (Aleut), Western Arctic, Arctic
collected about 1940
Fish skin, caribou hide, button
Overall: 13 3/8 × 7 1/16 in. (34 × 18 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of the Estate of Corey Ford, Class of 1921H
169.75.24864
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Classification
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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