Over Mittens: Reindeer (caribou)
Maker
Loman Company Ltd
Production date
Circa 1933
Description
Reindeer (caribou) fur-out over-mittens worn by Richard Evelyn Byrd during his second Antarctic expedition.
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Object Detail
Offered for sale: High Latitude: Washington/United States of America/North America: 1989
Purchased from the estate of Richard Byrd. Mittens and boots had apparently been in cold storage since the second expedition finished in 1935.: Massachusetts/United States of America/North America: October 1988
Used by Byrd during his second Antarctic expedition.: Admiral Richard Byrd: Antarctica: 1933-1935
MS 560
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