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Inuit Gloves

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Martha's Vineyard Museum

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About this artifact

These leather gloves were used in the Arctic where whaling required cold weather gear. They are decorated with a brown and beige leather trim and covered the wrist. Ellsworth West, captain of the Bark Horatio, brought the gloves home from the voyage north in 1897.

Dimensions:
Width: 8" Length: 14"

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