Mittens
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- Date created
- 1960-1970
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq
- Collector
- Merlin Hugo Menk, Non-Indian, 1922-2008
- Previous owner
- Merlin Hugo Menk, Non-Indian, 1922-2008
- Suzanne Stevenson, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Suzanne Stevenson, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased in the 1960s by Merlin H. Menk (1922-2008) during a trip to Alaska, and given to his daughter Suzanne Stevenson; donated to NMAI in 2006 by Suzanne Stevenson.
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- Place
- Kotzebue Sound; NANA Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Iñupiaq
- Clothing/Garments: Handwear
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/5640
- Barcode
- 265640.000
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Handwear
- Object Name
- Mittens
- Media/Materials
- Wolf skin/fur, wool cloth, commercially tanned leather, corduroy, wool yarn
- Techniques
- Sewn, tied, braided
- Dimensions
- 30 x 23 x 9 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_281867