East Cape (Cape Dezhnyov, Cape Dezhnev), Siberia, Russia, Asia
Notes:
FROM CARD: "MARITIME ESKIMO OR MARITIME CHUKCHI. MITTENS. DECORATION IS THREADS OF DEER THROAT HAIR. DATA PROVIDED 15 DEC '82 BY DR. ILJA S. GURVICH, HEAD OF NORTHERN AND SIBERIAN PEOPLES DEPT., INSTITUTE OF ETHNOGRAPHY, U.S.S.R. ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, MOSCOW. RECORDED BY WM. C. STURTEVANT."
This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=581 , retrieved 7-17-2018: Gloves. Yupik, Chukchi, and Inupiaq men wear gloves when dancing. The cuffs and circle designs on these gloves are stitched with white reindeer hair. The circles may represent stars or suns.
