bead work

Made by a local woman, these moose skin mitts are lined inside with rabbit fur, and at the cuffs with beaver. All sewing and beadwork done by hand. The skins come from a store in Fairbanks. A few of our aquaintances up here are out on the trapline this winter snaring rabbit, lynx and fox for their furs. "Out on the trapline" means a hundred or so miles up river in a cabin. They moved up by boat before freeze up and use dogsled to check their traps.