Ojibwe Gauntlet Gloves

Ojibwe Gauntlet Gloves

Ojibwe Gauntlet Gloves

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Introduction

Soft buckskin gloves with fringed gauntlets. Curvelinear multi-colored beadwork on the hand section. Beaded American flags, birds, and double-curve motifs on the gauntlets.

Nation of Maker: American
Place of Origin: Wisconsin, USA
Date Made or Date Range: 1890
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

http://luna.pomona.edu:8180/luna/servlet/detail/PomonaCM2~8~8~41862~109…

Materials

Buckskin, Beaded

Motifs and Patterns

Rounded diamonds, inverted flags, Abstracted floral imagery, small crosses

Additional Context

Often, the use of inverted American Flags was to political or social unrest felt by the maker. The abstracted floral imagery is often associated to Plains and Plateau tribes. Often the designs have images like leaves and petals that have been subdivided in a geometric pattern. The fringe might be from the influence of Military forces or even later, cowboy style.

Condition: Worn with blue and pink on the inner hands
Current Location: Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: P2039
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: N/A
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: Unknown
Collection Narratives and Histories

Unknown

GKS Reference Number: 1541
How to Cite this Item

http://luna.pomona.edu:8180/luna/servlet/detail/PomonaCM2~8~8~41862~109…

Approximate Place of Origin

42.7, -92.2

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