mitten
Peel Heritage Complex
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| Object Name: | mitten |
| Artist/Maker: | Originally owned by Hamilton Lyons (died 1945), grandfather of donor, who had farm on Mississauga Road. Donor thinks mittens acquired 1870's. |
| Category: | Personal Artifacts |
| Discipline: | Local History |
| Material: | skin, cow skin, racoon |
| Accession Number: | 2001.055.001a-b |
| Culture: | Canadian |
| Absolute Date: | 1875 C |
| Description: | One pair of winter work mitts. Racoon fur on outside with leather on inside palm and finger area. Lined with green felt. |
| History of Use: | Used by donor's grandfather, Hamilton Lyons. A dairy farmer, he wore the mittens when he delivered milk by wagon to the train stop three miles away in winter. |
| Length: | 40.00 |
| Width: | 27.00 |
| Unit-Linear: | cm |
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| Institution City: | Brampton |
| Institution Province: | Ontario |
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