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Gloves
- Description
- Pair of leather gloves with decorative flowers stiched in multi coloured threads. Band of blue ribbon across the wrist, red ribbon added to the sides of the wrist. Black fabric across the top. Leather tassles along the side.
- Artist or Maker
- Ellen Hankin Widen
- Original Owner
- Ellen Hankin Widen
- Category
- PERSONAL OBJECTS
- Sub-Category
- CLOTHING, ACCESSORY
- Start Date
- 1915
- End Date
- 1986
- Description
- Pair of leather gloves with decorative flowers stiched in multi coloured threads. Band of blue ribbon across the wrist, red ribbon added to the sides of the wrist. Black fabric across the top. Leather tassles along the side.
- Narrative
- Ellen Hankin Widen was born December 1903 in Hagwilget to Herbert Hankin and Annie Tiljoe. She married Emil Widen in 1922, marriage certificate indicates she resided in both Hagwilget and Moricetown (Witset) at the time. Emil and Ellen later resided in Houston, and Telkwa. According to donor (granddaughter) Ellen tanned hides and sewed shoes (moccasins), gloves, etc. Ellen died in May 1986. She is referred to as the "first white child born in the Bulkley Valley" in Bulkley Valley Stories.
- Cultural Context
- Witsuwit'en
- Width
- 17
- Length
- 35
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- Width measured at widest point across the wrist
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Accession No.
- 2012.71.1 a-b
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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