Pair of Mittens
Unidentified Sámi maker
collected 1949
Fur, felt
Overall: 11 × 5 1/4 × 3 3/8 in. (28 × 13.3 × 8.5 cm)
Overall: 10 5/8 × 5 5/16 × 3 3/4 in. (27 × 13.5 × 9.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Joel M. Halpern
2002.40.35002
Geography
Place Made: Lake Torneträsk, Sweden, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
European History
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 12.11, NAS 30, Arctic Crossroads: Its Peoples, Cultures, and History, William Fitzhugh, Winter 2015
Provenance
Collected in Sweden by Joel M. Halpern, 1949; given to present collection, 2002.
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