/internal/media/dispatcher/1306/fullCoat1835/185039 1/2 inches (100.3 cm)Buckskin, silk ribbon, glass beadsFounders Society Purchase81.2191The 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.Costumes135578082025-09-15T17:33:48.213First Nations and the Creation of Culture