Cutwork Square

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/73503de4b934242581afd19a5c7c314d

Title

Cutwork Square

Creator

Mary M. Walcott

Date

31-Jan-39

Description

From card: "The designs are acheved by alternating pieces of marten, mink, and seal hide. The designs are predominantly geometric, though several of the panels carry naturalistic figures as well."
Motifs include mittens, boots, a seal oil lamp, a snow (story) knife, an ulu (woman's knife), a knitting needle and a wolf.
15 Jul 2019
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Subject

Anthropology
Ethnology
Mary M. Walcott
Eskimos

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Relation

https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService/id/ark:/65665/m32c1f1a0577ec4c4682adc5257cba57d1/90

References

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmnhanthropology_8415811&repo=DPLA

Subject

Anthropology
Ethnology
Mary M. Walcott
Eskimos

Citation

Mary M. Walcott, “Cutwork Square,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed August 23, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/27840.

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