Mittens
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Feb 1892
name: label: Donor Name
content: U. S. Department of the Navy
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Fox. Mittens used while sitting in dog sled: Data provided 15 Dec. '82 by Dr. Ilja S. Gurvich, Head of Northern and Siberian Peoples Dept., Institute of Ethnography, U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Recorded by Wm. C. Sturtevant."
label: Notes
content: Identified as a made of fox fur and interior horse belly skin, probably from a young horse, by Zinaida Ivanova, Arctic Institute of Culture and Arts, Yakutsk, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia Federation, 11-7-2012. Pieces of velvet on cuffs.
label: Notes
content: Reference: Ivanova-Unarova, Zinaida, 2017. Siberian Collections in the U.S. Museums. Yakutsk. Object is identified there: Mittens. Ytylyk.19th century, second half. Fur (fox, foal), hide. Sewing. L.: 38, W.: 18. Frill W.: 6.5. These warm mittens are sewn from breast skin of red fox (sahylereghete), with alternating feet skin of red and black foxes on top creating a typical decoration for Sakha fur sewing. The palm side of the mittens is sewn from leather, which is very useful for working in freezing conditions without taking the mittens off. The frill is made from smooth dark otter fur. The lining is from white foal fur.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: North, Siberia, Russia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yakut (Sakha)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025334
label: USNM Number
content: E153529-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mitten
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 38 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm