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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0099 a,b
- Description
- A pair of hand sewn, heavily beaded gloves with very long gauntlets and long fine double fringes along outside. Front panel of gauntlets completely beaded on canvas lined with brown cotton flannel. White background with large blue and yellow smaller flower at each side, and pink and red flowers at …
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 23.4 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of hand sewn, heavily beaded gloves with very long gauntlets and long fine double fringes along outside. Front panel of gauntlets completely beaded on canvas lined with brown cotton flannel. White background with large blue and yellow smaller flower at each side, and pink and red flowers at the top. Rolled border of orange glass beads along top and inside edge of cuff. Beaded panel on back of hand has been separately worked on a piece of buckskin then sewn to glove to completely cover back of hand. White background with small blue and yellow flower and green leaves rising from pink, red and orange blossom like knot at bottom.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0099 a,b
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