Knit Cotton Sock

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/af6e4e1cd119e1cd22584dbe2d3093bf

Title

Knit Cotton Sock

Date

1838

Description

1
VERY SMALL BABY SOCK OF KNITTED COTTON, OF LIGHT TAN COLOR. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. THE SOCK WAS FORMERLY MOUNTED ON A PIECE OF WOOD WHICH HAS VARIOUS LABELS: U.S. EXPLORING EXPEDITION, CAPT. C. WILKES, USN, COMMANDER - MISSIONARY SCHOOL AT MAUI, SANDWICH IS., U.S. EXPLORING EXPEDITION, ETC. WASHINGTON CITY, USA, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. OBJECT CONSERVED AND TAKEN OFF MOUNT FOR EXHIBIT. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. A SHIPPING LIST NOTES THAT JOSEPH COUTHOUY WAS THE COLLECTOR OF ALL THESE "MISSION" PIECES.
FROM CARD: "HANDKNIT. LOANED TO BISHOP MUSEUM 1/23/78. RETURNED FROM BISHOP MUSEUM 2/15/78.
2 Dec 2014

Subject

Hawaiians
Ethnology
Couthouy, Joseph Pitty
Native Americans
Anthropology
Wilkes, Charles
United States Exploring Expedition

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Relation

https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/media/?irn=10545262&thumb=yes

Type

image

References

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID%3Anmnhanthropology_8410318&repo=DPLA

Citation

“Knit Cotton Sock,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed July 8, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/5660.

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