Evening gloves with bag belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a pair of long white leather gloves (a,b) with a plastic storage bag (c) owned by Etta Moten Barnett. The gloves are a matching pair made of white kid leather. Each glove has a slit along the wrist area with three pearl buttons to fasten the slit closed. The gloves are past elbow length. On the inside of each glove is a Carson Pirie Scott stamp. The bag (c) is a clear plastic bag in a narrow rectangular shape.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1960-1989
• Manufactured by: Carson Pirie Scott & Co., American, founded 1854
• Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
• Type: gloves
• Type: bags (containers)
• Medium: leather with plastic
• Dimensions: H x W (ab): 22 15/16 × 5 1/8 in. (58.2 × 13 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (c): 27 1/4 × 5 7/8 in. (69.2 × 15 cm)
• Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Women
• Object number: A2022.13.1.117a-c
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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