Dakota fringed quillwork leather gloves

Titles: Dakota fringed quillwork leather gloves (Supplied title)

Description: Santee Dakota gauntlet style gloves (stout gloves with long loose wrists). The cream-colored leather gloves have pleated seams between the fingers and at the top of the wrist. Each glove is sewn with leather fringe along half the length of the wrist seam, has yellow and green ribbons tied where the fringe terminates, and is lined with fabric. The wide wrist of each glove is decorated with quillwork featuring an eagle with a shield at the center surrounded by a floral motif.

Dates

• Approximately 1880 (Creation)

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 3138.A,B

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 pair items

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 15 1/2 inches length (each)
• 8 1/2 inches width (each)

Subjects

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