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A pair of man’s caribou hide gloves. The fingers are made from a separate pieces of hide sewn onto the hand piece. Red strips of wool cloth follow the lines of the hand, along the base of knuckles, in the palm and at the wrist. The wrists are bordered with a band of red wool cloth, and strips of cream and dark cropped hide and snippets of red wool. An outer strip at the wrist is wolverine hide and is coloured with ochre on the skin side.

  • Collection: Macfarlane Collection
  • Catalogue Number: E1665-0
  • Object Type: gloves
  • Materials: ochre, wool, wolverine fur, sinew, caribou hide
  • Manufacturing Techniques: cutting, sewing, scraping
  • Tags: clothing

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