Mitten

Description

Mitten of reindeer and moose leather embroidered in coloured silks: North America, Canada, Denesuline, Mackenzie River district, c. 1860

Museum reference

A.848.7 A

Collection

Americas

Object name

Mitten

Production information

Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

Date

c. 1860

Style / Culture

Denesuline
Athabaskan

Materials

Reindeer leather, Moose leather, Silk

Physical description

Reindeer and moose leather embroidered in coloured silks

Associations

Hudson's Bay Company

References

Idiens, Dale, A catalogue of Northern Athapaskan Indian artefacts in the collection of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum Information Series, Art and Archaeology 3, March 1979