Pair of leather gloves used by the 10th Cavalry Regiment
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1895
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: 10th Cavalry Regiment, American, founded 1866
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
notes: label: Description
content: A pair of leather gloves from the 10th Cavalry of the Buffalo Soldiers. The gloves have a cleft for the index finger. Remaining fingers held in the larger portion of the glove. Flared, wide wrist safety cuffs are on both gloves. The cuffs are wider at the base than the wrist. Within the left glove, on the interior of the top of the cuff, is a worn insignia for the 10th Cavalry with the initials: [Q. M. D.] near wrist. Within the right glove, on the top and bottom interior of the cuff, are worn insignias with the initials: [Q. M. D.] upside down on the top interior of the cuff.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Buffalo Soldiers
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Military
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Military Uniforms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.131.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: gloves
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2014.131.1a (left)): 13 × 9 × 1 in. (33 × 22.9 × 2.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2014.131.1b (right)): 12 7/8 × 8 3/4 × 1 in. (32.7 × 22.2 × 2.5 cm)