47.03.11

Muff

1900 Approximate

Black Muff. Material: fur and textile. Size: 8" diameter by 15" L. Description: black, short-haired fur exterior lined with white cotton - designed as a cylinder with openings on each end for insertion of hands - black satin carrying loop at top.

Worn by Maren Rasmussen Hansen, Grandmother of donor, Ruth Hendrickson Fury. Maren Rasmussen Hansen was born in Denmark in 1853 and died in 1941, a resident of Wood County, Wisconsin; granddaughter, Ruth Hendrickson Fury spent her adult life in Janesville, Minnesota.