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Catalog Number |
BR977.15.3 |
Object Name |
Stole |
Other Name |
Tippet |
Description |
Short brown seal fur tippet/stole with wide collar formed from one piece of skin. Lined with brown quilting, it has 4 hooks and eyes down the front opening (alternating hook, eye, hook). Black tape tag for hanging up. Black tape loop and fur-covered button on the underside of the collar. Forms a collar when clasps are closed. |
Year Range from |
1870 |
Year Range to |
1880 |
Dimensions |
H-27 W-63.5 cm |
History |
According to the donor, Rosamond Vanderburgh, this stole was made out of seal fur and dates to the 1870s. Vanderburgh worked as a cultural anthropologist as well as teaching Anthropology at the University of Toronto in Mississauga. Vanderburgh also worked as Assistant Curator for the Department of Ethnology at the Royal Ontario Museum. A stole like this may be referred to as a tippet - a wrap usually made out of fur. |
People |
Vanderburgh, Rosamund |