Coat

Date1835/1850

Object PlaceOklahoma, United States, North America

MediumBuckskin, silk ribbon, glass beads

ClassificationsCostumes

Dimensions39 1/2 inches (100.3 cm)

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase

Object number81.219

DescriptionThe deerskin frock coat, copied from a contemporary European style, has a fitted bodice and flared skirt, with set-in shaped waistband, capelet attached under set-in collar, sewn on cuffs, and set-in two piece sleeves. It is hand sewn. Decoration consists of fine fringes of leather on collar, capelet (which has an extra sewn-on row of fringe part way down as well as fringe around lower edge), sleeves, waistband, hem and down front opening (where the fringe is partially unsewn). Beaded decoration includes a border pattern around the bottom edge worked over three silk ribbon bands (pink, red), over the waistband, on cuffs, capelet and collar. Beaded designs recall plant forms and four-petaled blossoms emerging from round hillocks. Short leather ties inside front opening.

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