Pair of leather gloves used by the 10th Cavalry Regiment
Object Details
- Description
- A pair of leather gloves from the 10th Cavalry of the Buffalo Soldiers. The gloves have a cleft for the index finger. Remaining fingers held in the larger portion of the glove. Flared, wide wrist safety cuffs are on both gloves. The cuffs are wider at the base than the wrist. Within the left glove, on the interior of the top of the cuff, is a worn insignia for the 10th Cavalry with the initials: [Q. M. D.] near wrist. Within the right glove, on the top and bottom interior of the cuff, are worn insignias with the initials: [Q. M. D.] upside down on the top interior of the cuff.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- ca. 1895
- Object number
- 2014.131.1ab
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- 10th Cavalry Regiment, American, founded 1866
- Subject of
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gloves
- Medium
- leather
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (2014.131.1a (left)): 13 × 9 × 1 in. (33 × 22.9 × 2.5 cm)
- H x W x D (2014.131.1b (right)): 12 7/8 × 8 3/4 × 1 in. (32.7 × 22.2 × 2.5 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Exhibition
- Double Victory: The African American Military Experience
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053
- Topic
- African American
- American West
- Buffalo Soldiers
- Clothing and dress
- Military
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.131.1ab
