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Catalog Number

CAS 0465-0001A,B   CAS 0465-0001A,B; Gauntlet gloves
Category Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name Gauntlet gloves
Culture Blackfeet
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Montana
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Leather; Commercial cloth; Glass beads; String
Description Leather glove with a wide cuff lined with patterned cloth; Glove is undecorated except for a small branch of three leaves beaded in green near the cuff; The gauntlet is beaded in light blue with a symmetrical double curve floral motif in dark blue, red and green; Leather fringe is attached on outside edge of cuff.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 19.0, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 41.3