- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0079 a,b
- Description
- A pair of lightly beaded tan buckskin gloves with fringe at the side of the gauntlet. Back of hand contains small four petalled orange flower with yellow centre outlined in dark blue, with light blue feather stitch leaves at top and bottom of flower. Gauntlet contains single large ornate blossom wi…
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 33.5 cm
- Description
- A pair of lightly beaded tan buckskin gloves with fringe at the side of the gauntlet. Back of hand contains small four petalled orange flower with yellow centre outlined in dark blue, with light blue feather stitch leaves at top and bottom of flower. Gauntlet contains single large ornate blossom with red and light blue overlapping semi-circles at centre, surrounded by dark blue petals with yellow centres, the whole flower and its parts outlined in orange, with three sets of double leaves of light blue outlined in green. Machine stitching around fingers, thumb, and gauntlet. Gauntlet lined with heavy canvas, thumb and gauntlet of a lighter colour than hand.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0079 a,b
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